While digging through the fine details about Chromebooks on Google's support site (http://www.google.com/support/chromeos/a/), I came across a concerning fact about Chromebooks: In the Chromebook FAQ page at http://www.google.com/support/chromeos/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1290513 there is the following question and answer:
More details can be found on the Chrome OS Plug-ins help page at http://www.google.com/support/chromeos/bin/answer.py?answer=142064 comparing the differences between plug-ins handled by the Chrome browser versus the Chrome OS (and therefore the Chromebooks):
Does that mean that the Chromebooks can not be used for those sites, and for any others that use Java? When the iPad came out, there was a lot of news (or concern, teasing, frustration) about how it did not support Flash. Google made a point to announce that their mobile OS, Android, supported Flash and therefore gave you access to the entire web. Unfortunately it looks like Chromebooks may not give you access to the entire web, including some truly valuable educational resources. [Note: I have contacted Google for clarification on this issue in case I am misunderstanding the documentation.] |
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