Google Adds Tablet UI Elements To Chrome OS Betas

Apparently current builds identify themselves as CrOS, elements have been giving more whitespace to ease finger based navigation, and an on-screen keyboard is now built in. This only adds further to the questions about the positioning of ChromeOS vs Android: developers probably don't want to work on both.

"CrOS Touch"

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The summary sort of misses the point about "current builds identifying themselves as CrOS".

The pertinent bit of the article is:

The browser now reports itself as "CrOS Touch" for sites that have specific touchscreen elements.

... meaning that a web site can know that it's dealing with a browser with a touch interface, and present a UI to suit.

Here's a link to a more detailed article.

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The CNET article that has much more detail: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20051228-264.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave&dlvrit=140907 [cnet.com]