Don’t expect to be running Final Cut Pro, Maya, Pro Tools or other processor punishers on Chrome any time soon. With most of the computing power of a Web app actually residing on a server as opposed to the Chrome device itself, imagine how much bandwidth and time it would require to render a segment of video—never mind having to continuously upload and download multi-gigabyte files. It’s just not realistic. Well, Google says, netbooks aren’t designed for these kinds of tasks no matter what operating system you’re on. True. But, Chrome is only just starting out on the netbook. The company said in its own blog post that the OS would eventually make the leap to the desktop. And, people use desktops for a lot more than surfing the Web.
Google’s response to this dilemma is an interesting one, though one that’s still a long way off. It’s called Native Client, an open-source Google project that allows developers to run C and C++ code in the browser through a plug-in. Instead of having access to the sliver of processing power the browser normally gets to play with, Native Client gives web-based apps access to the full power of the user’s processor, paving the way for full-fledged photo and video editing on Chrome someday down the line
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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