A taste of Chrome OS in Windows 8.x

First things first. Google is not sneaking Chrome OS into Windows 8.x. With the right experimental version of the Chrome Web browser and right settings, it may look like it and act like it, but it's not Chrome OS.

What you're really seeing is a beta of the Chrome Web browser, Chrome 32, running on Windows 8.x. The coming together of two technical paths, one by Microsoft and other by Google, enables the Windows developer channel build of the Chrome Web browser to masquerade as Chrome OS.

On the Microsoft side, ever since Windows 8, Microsoft has been working on an immersive, plug-in-free Web browser experience that could only be used with the Modern user interface, aka Metro. The first of these was Internet 10 in Metro mode.


.....If you want to give it a try, here's how you do it. First download the developer build for Chrome 32. Then, install it in Windows 8 or 8.1. Next, make Chrome the default Windows 8 browser. To do this, first open Chrome, go to settings, and in the "Default browser" section, click Make Google Chrome my default browser. Next, click on the Chrome tile from the Windows 8 Metro Start screen. If you start it from any other place, such as the desktop, you'll be running the "ordinary" version of Chrome. You should then see a screen like the one above.....

Read more at: A taste of Chrome OS in Windows 8.x | ZDNet

 

[Nemix]

I smell update coming to Windows 8.1 Retail that let's users set a different browser as default ie: Chrome or Firefox and still be able to use IE11 in Metro UI which really should have been included with Windows 8.1 Preview.

 

[Dave44]

cant stand chrome will never ever use it

 

[mdmd]

I smell update coming to Windows 8.1 Retail that let's users set a different browser as default ie: Chrome or Firefox and still be able to use IE11 in Metro UI which really should have been included with Windows 8.1 Preview.

Chrome or Firefox can be set as default browser now with IE11 metro still usable.
I can see metro versions of Chrome and Firefox happening sometime soon with the option to set as default.

Avant browser gives the option to select which rendering engine you prefer.

 

[gavanid]

No thanks.

Don't think I want or need any of goog's services. Won't touch them if I can help it.

^

Google is a beast that pretends to be calm. Don't wake it up...

Couldn't agree with you guys more.

I dislike Google with a passion. The only reason why I have a Gmail account is to backup my Droid because I dislike Vz backup services. Another blood-sucking corporation. One more month and my contract is up with them. I have my eye on a Lumia 1020 WP8. I'll find a small carrier for prepay service and it's adios to both of them for good!

Hey > Verizon! Can you hear me now?!!

You're right google amounts to a thief in my book, constantly getting you to agree to cookies and getting hi there this is how how we blah blah in the update service even though its off

unless i'm wrong isn't that called tracking??

bombarded with so match crap people are giving in and going it not thinking of what goog's is doing??

Info stealing anyone??

 

[HippsieGypsie]

You're right google amounts to a thief in my book, constantly getting you to agree to cookies and getting hi there this is how how we blah blah in the update service even though its off

unless i'm wrong isn't that called tracking??

bombarded with so match crap people are giving in and going it not thinking of what goog's is doing??

Info stealing anyone??

Well said. :thumbup: