Harsh Words From Google On Linux Development

Posted by timothy on Saturday May 30, 2009 @06:49AM from the constructive-criticism dept.

jeevesbond writes "The alpha version of Google Chrome is now available for GNU/Linux. Google Chrome developer and former Firefox lead Ben Goodger has some problems with the platform though. His complaints range from the lack of a standardised UI toolkit, inconsistencies across applications, the lack of a unified and comprehensive HIG, to GTK not being a very compelling toolkit. With Adobe getting twitchy about the glibc fork and previously describing the various audio systems as welcome to the jungle, is it time to concentrate on consolidation and standardisation in GNU/Linux in general, and the desktop in particular?"

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Re:Um.... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-05-30 06:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Linux has GUI toolkits.....loads of them!
Re:No Link to Actual Content by 3vi1 · 2009-05-30 07:08 · Score: 4, Funny

"Alternatively, you could have binged it."
Yeah, if I wanted a snarky answer. http://www.eternaldusk.com/images/screenshots/chandlerbing.png
apple by rubah · 2009-05-30 07:09 · Score: 3, Funny

Should've started on the osx version instead!
*impatient*
Re:Um.... by x2A · 2009-05-30 08:19 · Score: 4, Funny

Can you please submit the patch upstream so we don't all have to fix it ourselves on our own copies. Thanks.

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