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Chroma April 22, 2010

There’s a certain beauty to be found in simplicity – and a similar pulchritude in efficient function; but I’ve always had a hard time describing what happens when you get both in a single package, at least until today.

And my word for this phenomenon, now, is: Chrome.

Google’s Chrome OS isn’t exactly news fresh of the press – anyone who’s anyone in the tech world’s known about the project since it began back in 2009. But still – it’s just. So. Cool.

I mean, really, guys. If the words “seven”, “second”, and “start-up”, all uttered in the same breath, don’t at least perk your ears – you probably shouldn’t be reading this blog (Editor’s note: If they don’t, please, read anyway).

For those of you unfamiliar with the project, the Chrome OS is essentially based off Google Chrome, the browser, and relies almost entirely on the internet for . . . well, just about everything, really. Chrome’s going to use Google Docs for Word Processing, Gmail as your email client (predictably), Google Calendars for your . . . well, I’m sure you can figure that one out.

Google’s even gone and done away with the need for hard drives of substantial size. What with all your applications on the web, the majority of your information stored on an online cloud, and Cloud print eliminating the need for drivers (the idea is to install a proxy along with the OS, which will register any printer to which you can connect with Google Cloud Print and manage any and all print jobs you order from there), there’s not all too much need for one.

And that’s hardly even the first of it. This is, in many ways, one of the most innovative pieces of software that’s I’ve seen being developed in recent years. The thing I love about it, though – is the speed. I never thought lightning and the twenty-fourth element of the periodic table would have much in common – but Chrome’s giving it a run for its money in speed. Which is absolutely fantastic, for people like me, specifically – I’m impatient, I like instantaneous response, if I order something, I need it yesterday – and the prospect of having something simple, elegant, and capable of delivering to me just this; that, my friends, is my definition of Chrome.

Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/20/google.os/index.html