Google Chrome OS Screenshots Leaked

Techtree News Staff, Jul 09, 2009 1653 hrs IST

A few details of Google Chrome OS appear online

Update: Apparently the Chrome OS leak guy was a smart graphic designer and did a commendable job with the fake blurry cam photos. Like many, we too fell for the "first Chrome OS" screenshot hoax. Let's hope Google themselves show us the screens of Chrome OS soon.

It has hardly been two days since Google announced the Google Chrome OS and now its screenshots have been leaked on the web. Google Chrome OS is based on the Linux kernel and is an open source project that is currently supported by Acer, Asus, Adobe, Freescale, HP, Lenovo, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.

An anonymous person created a Chrome OS Leak blog and posted screenshots of the private developer beta of the OS. As per the blog post, Google representatives visited the Acer team to show distinct features of the Chrome OS. The Google Chrome OS installation on Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop took about 10 minutes. Here are a few highlights that were shown in the Chrome OS Demo.

The 'Chrome Bar' or the task bar, which auto-hides, appears at the bottom of the UI just like Apple Mac OS X's dock. Navigation is powered with 'Exploration' that is like a file explorer, and 'Browser', which basically is a web browser with search options. If configured, even the Chrome Bar can feature search bar. Apparently, Google Talk was the only application installed and it had a different logo.

Also, whenever Chrome OS based netbooks come out, the netbooks will carry the Chrome logo in place of the current Windows logo.

The person who posted about the Chrome OS noted that the operating system was extremely stripped down and pretty fast. Sounds exciting, eh? Many such early leaks can be expected till Google releases the Chrome OS code publicly.

Not to forget that Google has used web applications as platform for this Chrome browser based operating system. Compatibility of all the existing productivity suites and general applications are far from reality at this moment. Also, lot of application development work is yet to begin for enabling the web based applications. And since Adobe is one of the partners, expect to see more Adobe AIR based web applications to work in conjunction with several other apps.

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I LIKE GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER WHICH IS ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY FOR INTENET

by tarandeep singh, muktsar, on Jul 13, 2009 05:07 PM, Report abuse Reply

It's look like a google kde skin, thats all.. what do google chrome have to offer that other gnu os don't have?

by webbpalatset, Malmoe, on Jul 13, 2009 02:41 PM, Report abuse Reply

Yes the Google logo looks unprofessional, and the "Chrome" part of the logo isn't in the new logos (cleaner look) font.

by Arthur, Lucerne, on Jul 13, 2009 05:59 AM, Report abuse Reply

It's looks unprofessional, the word Google is written with a font type (Google original font) while the other is written with a normal plain one, it's stupid..

by Mohammed, Gaza, on Jul 11, 2009 12:47 PM, Report abuse Reply

It's already proved that these screenies are fake... the original creator of these screenshots, himself has declared so. The confidence with which you guys have written this article is... well, honestly, laughable.

by YoGi, Mumbai, on Jul 10, 2009 07:29 AM, Report abuse Reply

very mate, TT sucks

by duker, japan, on Jul 10, 2009 09:41 AM, Report abuse

I would bet my shoes that isn't genuine. Good effort for who ever drew it though...

by Jason, Grimsby, UK, on Jul 10, 2009 05:36 AM, Report abuse Reply

the Google colors are in the wrong order.

by Anonymous, ., on Jul 09, 2009 10:14 PM, Report abuse Reply

Looks fake. Someone could easily create a mockup in Photoshop, make the image full screen and take a picture of their screen with a cellphone.

by Joshua, Reston, on Jul 09, 2009 09:22 PM, Report abuse Reply

send me some info

by Barry P. Crangl, Oakville On, on Jul 09, 2009 07:44 PM, Report abuse Reply

Has to be fake. Google can't type such amateur looking text!