One of my gripes about using Chrome OS is that it always felt a bit too much like a browser, so I wanted to treat it like one. While the entire behavior hasn’t changed, Google announced Tuesday a UI update to the OS which makes things feel a bit more like a traditional OS so as to better work with your long-held behaviors. The update takes the Apps list keeps it in the bottom left, akin to the Windows Start menu, but the size of the list is now more compacted so that it’s not going to cover up whatever you’re looking at in the browser. Read the full story at The Next Web.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.