#croskeys — Public Fediverse posts

I may be biased as a #Chromebook user but even I have things I dislike about #ChromeOS.

1. Having to use the #Linux #container or turn on Developer Mode to sideload #Android apps. I mean come on! If you can run whatever you want in the Linux Container why can't I sideload stuff into my Android #VM‽ Even #Windows 11 let's you sideload Android apps and it's a worse implementation! I still want to try #FydeOS though since I hear it lets you sideload.
2. Deprecating the chrome.input.ime API without a proper replacement is a dick move on the part of #Google. One of my favorite #Chrome #extensions #CrosKeys is going to stop working as of ChromeOS 119. It's a powerful app that lets me insert #Unicode characters in any app, even Android and Linux. I'm going to miss that. Even if it's a security issue, you could have still provided a replacement. Android has custom keyboards so why can't ChromeOS?
3. Why are so many expected features missing from ChromeOS? Pull to refresh is no more on Chromebooks which was useful for tablet mode. The eyedropper API is missing which would be nice for graphic design. There used to be a feature where you could tear tabs out of windows and put them in other tabbed windows even if it's not from the same app. That was really cool and I miss it.

I could go on but this is already a long #rant post so yeah. I still love Chromebooks though. I hope it gets better with cool features.