▲ 174 ▼ Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/android@lemdro.id 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Suoko@feddit.it 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) ChromeOS does benefit from android apps for tablets. Chromebooks are next gen android tablets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I agree with the first statement and firmly disagree with the second. Chromebooks are not inherently tablets and they inherently do allow multiple windows open at once without split screen, something that you basically never see with the tablet computing paradigm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Suoko@feddit.it 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I didn't get you. Tablets allow only to split screen (except for some launchers that allow a kind of tiling with multiple apps) while Chromebooks allow standard windows like any X/wayland DE, plus they allow tiling similar to tablets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mikestevens@lemdro.id 3 points 3 years ago That's what he said. permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago* Right, you just said the same thing as me but with more detail. Your earlier comment said Chromebooks are essentially tablets. I was saying they're not like tablets because they have a more traditional desktop/window management paradigm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I agree with the first statement and firmly disagree with the second. Chromebooks are not inherently tablets and they inherently do allow multiple windows open at once without split screen, something that you basically never see with the tablet computing paradigm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Suoko@feddit.it 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I didn't get you. Tablets allow only to split screen (except for some launchers that allow a kind of tiling with multiple apps) while Chromebooks allow standard windows like any X/wayland DE, plus they allow tiling similar to tablets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mikestevens@lemdro.id 3 points 3 years ago That's what he said. permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago* Right, you just said the same thing as me but with more detail. Your earlier comment said Chromebooks are essentially tablets. I was saying they're not like tablets because they have a more traditional desktop/window management paradigm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Suoko@feddit.it 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I didn't get you. Tablets allow only to split screen (except for some launchers that allow a kind of tiling with multiple apps) while Chromebooks allow standard windows like any X/wayland DE, plus they allow tiling similar to tablets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mikestevens@lemdro.id 3 points 3 years ago That's what he said. permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago* Right, you just said the same thing as me but with more detail. Your earlier comment said Chromebooks are essentially tablets. I was saying they're not like tablets because they have a more traditional desktop/window management paradigm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago* Right, you just said the same thing as me but with more detail. Your earlier comment said Chromebooks are essentially tablets. I was saying they're not like tablets because they have a more traditional desktop/window management paradigm. permalink fedilink source parent