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Chrome OS and Printing - a Match Not Made in Heaven
Ricardo Trejo
Y'know, I haven't had a printer in about 5 years. I've never really needed one. With my iPhone and email, I could just take my files on the go, or print out whatever I needed when I was at work. Maybe that's what Google is hoping you'll do since they're trying to make sure that all is set when you decide to ctrl + p on their upcoming Chrome OS.
According to recent CNET article, Google's Chrome OS is going to have play some catch up to nab up all the possible drivers for all the potential printers you might own. Apparently printers don't share the same standard as most USB enabled devices have, so Google is hoping to have some sort of work around to help battle the situation.
"We want to get out of the business of printer drivers. All the problems related to drivers we want to go away," Linus Upson, engineering director of the Chrome OS, and Chrome Browser.
Also, on the subject of various USB devices with their own driver related issues Linus had this to say:
"If that's important, Chrome OS is not the OS for you in 2010."
Bold statement I must say. Looks to me like Chrome is turning out to be the OS for the complete simpleton. But then again, I got to admit that that sounds like about 90% of computer users, so Chrome just might be what people have been looking for - just not what I've been looking for.
[CNET]
