"Why Chromebook Pundits Are Out of Touch"

[tubemonkey]

This is my first post from my new Chromebook.

Does it look different from my previous Windows posts?

[tubemonkey]

Alright, who stole the delete key?

...and page up, page down, home, end???

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

This is my first post from my new Chromebook.

Does it look different from my previous Windows posts?

Yes, it looks faster, shinier and with much less peanut butter!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Alright, who stole the delete key?

...and page up, page down, home, end???

No one uses those anyway.

Delete Key Found!
I didn't see this posted anywhere yet, but if it is please forgive the duplicate.

I know a lot of people, myself included, have been missing the delete key. Sometimes it's just not as convenient to backspace instead of delete. I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, but it works.

To delete text that comes after the cursor, simply use the alt-backspace combination. Works just like the delete key would on a normal keyboard.

Hopefully this tip will help save someone's sanity. It did mine. lol

http://www.chromeoslounge.com/cr-48-...key-found.html

[Graham]

Originally Posted by Sregener

No, really, I do get it. I understand the appeal of a Chromebook. It's a very-limited tablet with a keyboard. For people whose biggest gripe with a tablet is the lack of an attached keyboard and a small screen, the ChromeBook is a great choice. For people who have realized that tablets are saddled with slow processors, limited storage, and poor connectivity to peripherals, a keyboard and larger screen isn't going to fix it.

I'm assuming you don't really mean this and just intended to insult our intelligence, since we are happily using our Chromebooks.

Right, back to my day's work as an IT project manager running projects currently in the UK, Australia and the US, all five hours of which I have so far today done entirely on ChromeOS.

That has included updating the project plan in Gantter, editing notes and working on issues and task lists in Google Docs and Workflowy, while referring to Office documents in the ChromeOS viewers, editing images, uploading them and updating a website's code, listening to music while I work, and of course emails, calendar updates and meeting requests.

The processor has been more than capable of handling all that smoothly and responsively.

Chromebooks come in various shapes and sizes, including some with large hard drives, and all can be extended with SD cards or via USB, but of course they don't deserve the tag 'limited storage' because the intention is that you hold their data in the cloud. I've used about 1 GB of storage on my Samsung Chromebook since buying it back in February, and all that's on it is temporary and could be wiped if I bother to do it.

The main problems with connectivity to peripherals come with things like older scanners that don't have cloud access and direct network access to shared drives (I can access them but have to go through the local web interface).

Other peripherals like webcams, headsets, keyboards, USB drives and mice work as well as, and occasionally better than, on Windows. Whenever I plug my webcam, headset or USB key into my Windows desktop it insists on loading drivers (which takes ages for the Logitech webcam). When I plug them into my Chromebox they start working immediately.

Graham

[Graham]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Alright, who stole the delete key?

...and page up, page down, home, end???

Alt-Backspace for Delete.
Alt-Up and Alt-Down for Page Up and Page Down.
Ctrl-Alt-Up and Ctrl-Alt-Down for Home and End.

Or:

Search with backspace, left, right, up, down for Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down.

It's space saving on the smaller keyboards. If you plug a full size keyboard in the relevant keys work.

The most useful shortcut is the one that gives you all the others:

Ctrl-Alt-/

Graham

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by kennyc

No one uses those anyway.

http://www.chromeoslounge.com/cr-48-...key-found.html

Thanks, I already found a fix. Not fond of using two keystrokes to replace one.

...must find solution

tick,tick,tick... ah ha! I'll hookup an external keyboard - problem solved

[tubemonkey]

A few ad-ons and I'll be a happy camper - 23" monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and USB hub

[afv011]

Originally Posted by Sregener

MacOS's security is such that you don't really need to update much more than your browser to be safe.

That's just delusional.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

A few ad-ons and I'll be a happy camper - 23" monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and USB hub

Get yourself a monitor with an integrated USB hub, less clutter on your desk.

[Graham]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

A few ad-ons and I'll be a happy camper - 23" monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and USB hub

One caveat on the 23" monitor. I've found that driving a screen this large, ChromeOs's maximum mouse speed is a little slow for me. If it doesn't bother you, no problem, but if you want to speed it up the trick is to open a terminal window with Ctrl-Alt-T and type the following command:

xset m 5300

You only need to do this when you reboot from cold, and the previous keystrokes are remembered, so once you've typed it once you can get it back with an up arrow, but it does make things snappier.

I've raised a Feedback report about this, and hopefully as more ChromeOS devices get used with big monitors Google will widen the mouse speed range.

(Incidentally, being able to send feedback to Google, with a screenshot, via Settings > Report an issue or Alt-Shift-I is another lovely thing about ChromeOS.)

Graham

[tubemonkey]

The C720 is a nice machine. Really thin, nice looks, fast; but, it needs an IPS display. That's its major weakness. Makes watching videos while lying down a bit awkward.

Alright - 3 keys for the speakers? and not one for delete? pitiful!

Looking forward to the Chromebox Asus is supposedly working on. That's what I really want - a 4GB Haswell Chromebox. Until then, I'm turning my C720 into one.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by afv011

Get yourself a monitor with an integrated USB hub, less clutter on your desk.

That's a thought; but then, that means another purchase. Then again, neither of my monitors have HDMI ports.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Graham

One caveat on the 23" monitor. I've found that driving a screen this large, ChromeOs's maximum mouse speed is a little slow for me. If it doesn't bother you, no problem, but if you want to speed it up the trick is to open a terminal window with Ctrl-Alt-T and type the following command:

xset m 5300

You only need to do this when you reboot from cold, and the previous keystrokes are remembered, so once you've typed it once you can get it back with an up arrow, but it does make things snappier.

I've raised a Feedback report about this, and hopefully as more ChromeOS devices get used with big monitors Google will widen the mouse speed range.

(Incidentally, being able to send feedback to Google, with a screenshot, via Settings > Report an issue or Alt-Shift-I is another lovely thing about ChromeOS.)

Graham

Thanks for the tip. I'm saving this for future reference when I hook up the monitor.

[tubemonkey]

Another design flaw - the SD card doesn't seat all the way in and sticks half-way out. What's with that? If it's going to stick out, may as well use a USB flash drive. It's cheaper.