Google is Working on a Fix For Laggy Tablet Mode on Chrome OS Devices (9to5google.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Chrome OS was originally a laptop platform, but slowly it's being reworked for tablet form factors. However, as that goes on, there have been some hiccups. Most recently, many have noted the poor performance of tablet mode especially on Chrome OS products like the Pixel Slate, but it seems a fix for that lag is incoming. If you tuned into any hands-on or review coverage of Google's Pixel Slate, you're likely familiar with the performance issues many have described. In tablet mode, Chrome OS has a lot of issues with lag. This is especially evident in the multitasking screen, and it seems that is the first thing Google is looking at to fix these problems. ChromeUnboxed notes a recent bug tracker which reveals how Google plans to start fixing Chrome OS tablet mode lag in the multitasking screen. Somewhat hilariously, it seems a big reason for the poor frame rates in the animations on this screen actually comes down to how the OS renders the rounded corners on this screen.

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Public Release Betas...

[schklerg]

I long for the days when technology vendors had QA departments and shipping products only had outlier bugs. Too bad consumers have decided that paying to beta test is fine. /oldmanrant

Don't understand ChromeOS at all

[Excelcia]

The only question I have about ChromeOS is why? I admit, I still don't understand the purpose of the OS at all. Sure, some people spend a lot of time online, but are there really people who do everything computer-related with a browser? And, even so, isn't Android with a browser basically ChromeOS? What is even the point in buying a laptop that inherently does less than a normal one, that costs about the same, and that locks you into a platform where everyone else owns all your data?

Is there something I'm missing?

Re:Don't understand ChromeOS at all

[Desler]

but are there really people who do everything computer-related with a browser?

Yes, tons of them.

Re: Don't understand ChromeOS at all

[unrealmp3]

It's actually a nice worry-free systems for many relatives of mine. They basically only go online to check their emails, do some banking stuff, read the news and check their Facebook. Since they switched to this, I rarely if ever get any calls for help because their system is slow, shows popups, has malwares, etc. I'm sure they could achieve something similar with a Linux distro, but for them it just works right out of the box and it's easy to use.

Re: Don't understand ChromeOS at all

[ArchieBunker]

Same here. My parents have had one for years and it just always works. Never had an issue.

Re: Don't understand ChromeOS at all

[ArchieBunker]

1/10 super lame.

Re:Don't understand ChromeOS at all

[drinkypoo]

Chrome os exists because chrome for Android is crap. Full stop. There is no other reason. It's pretty sad that even after all these years this is true, and it's even more sad when you consider that it's because of Java. Chrome isn't written in Java, so chrome for Android isn't trivial. And what makes that especially sad is that the point of Java is to run everywhere, but Android doesn't present enough services to applications that they don't need to pull in non-Java libraries that are architecture-specific. So we get all the pain of using Java with zero of the benefits. Meanwhile, we had native Linux on handhelds before Android even existed, it was called familiar Linux and I ran it on my iPaq H2215. You had a choice of gtk or qt-based environments, and both worked. You had full access to the os. Now we have an inconsistent and poorly supported replacement that squanders resources, instead. Thanks, Google!

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[ArchieBunker]

Just noticed that the admins deleted the spam comments along with my reply. I thought comments were only deleted here by court order like when Scientology came knocking?

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[110010001000]

No they recently started actively deleting comments about a month ago.