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“I wondered what other tweaks Google might have made to try and optimize the browser for Revue with Google TV,” Ulanoff reports. “Virtually none.”
“Wait a minute, I said to the Google exec. What if someone is operating his Revue with Google TV And he stumbles on a pop-up chain (accidentally hitting an adult site comes to mind). Does the Google TV Chrome browser do anything to suppress the pop-ups or at lease shield the user from this kind of activity? This isn’t, after all, a PC,” Ulanoff reports. “Nope, the browser doesn’t do anything, because it’s simply Chrome. It will protect you only in the ways Chrome on the desktop can protect you,” Ulanoff reports. “And there’s the fatal flaw. It gets worse. Remember, this Chrome browser has no interface or controls. So how do you shut it down and stop those out-of-control pop ups? How do you even change the browser settings?”
Ulanoff reports, “You can’t install security software on Google TV, so how do you automatically block the bad stuff? To me this is more than an issue. It’s a big, dark problem that literally lies at the core of Google TV.”
Read more in the full article – in which the only “solution is, get this, Control-Alt-Delete (smirk) – here.
MacDailyNews Take: Google, home of Our Lady of Perpetual Beta, is a search engine company fumbling around in search of new ways to grow revenue. They haven’t been making acclaimed best-in-class products for people for over 3+ decades, like Apple. First the Nexus One and now this. Google doesn’t really know what the heck they are doing and, often glaringly, it shows.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Google is the ultimate geek company trying to reach the broad marketplace of non-geeks. They have no clue about handling consumers or even the hardware vendors. CE companies like Samsung and Sony obviously knows consumers, but they have no handle on the tech/software side of things. Again, Apple’s ability to handle both sides of the equation extremely well gives them a distinct advantage.
Google is the ultimate geek company trying to reach the broad marketplace of non-geeks. They have no clue about handling consumers or even the hardware vendors. CE companies like Samsung and Sony obviously knows consumers, but they have no handle on the tech/software side of things. Again, Apple’s ability to handle both sides of the equation extremely well gives them a distinct advantage.
Hate to stomp all over the cloud peeps, but ISP data caps are going to take this business model down unless somebody comes up with a model that the ISPs can accept.
One HD movie in h.264 can easily go over 2GB and in a month these data hungry devices can blow through even the fairly generous 250GB cap Comcast unofficially uses. I hear TW Cable’s is 1/5th of that.
Hate to stomp all over the cloud peeps, but ISP data caps are going to take this business model down unless somebody comes up with a model that the ISPs can accept.
One HD movie in h.264 can easily go over 2GB and in a month these data hungry devices can blow through even the fairly generous 250GB cap Comcast unofficially uses. I hear TW Cable’s is 1/5th of that.
Google TV
Made by idiots for idiots!
Google TV
Made by idiots for idiots!
Is Google TV snappier than Apple TV ?
Is Google TV snappier than Apple TV ?
I can’t wait to hand over $ 300 for crapware.
I can’t wait to hand over $ 300 for crapware.
Ouch!..
Ouch!..
They also have no customer service at all. Go ahead and try to contact someone at Google for help. I dare you.
They also have no customer service at all. Go ahead and try to contact someone at Google for help. I dare you.
Well — we weren’t actually expecting a real, finished, professional product from Google, were we?
Well — we weren’t actually expecting a real, finished, professional product from Google, were we?
@The Other Shoe
Comcast does not “unofficially” use a 250GB cap in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area: it’s official, it began July 1, 2010.
@The Other Shoe
Comcast does not “unofficially” use a 250GB cap in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area: it’s official, it began July 1, 2010.
Google has major challenges with their approach. The “first input” strategy (discussed in another MDN post and many other places) presents a huge behavioral challenge. That’s not-changeable for the next 3-8 years for most consumers.
Also, their feature/functionality is so tech-geeky. When watching TV, customers (including me) want to sit on their rears and enjoy… not be put to work. Flipping channels is easy. Doing the whole computer thing on TV is not relaxing.
I don’t mind a lot of Google stuff, but I’m afraid this one is headed to the WebTVland.
Google has major challenges with their approach. The “first input” strategy (discussed in another MDN post and many other places) presents a huge behavioral challenge. That’s not-changeable for the next 3-8 years for most consumers.
Also, their feature/functionality is so tech-geeky. When watching TV, customers (including me) want to sit on their rears and enjoy… not be put to work. Flipping channels is easy. Doing the whole computer thing on TV is not relaxing.
I don’t mind a lot of Google stuff, but I’m afraid this one is headed to the WebTVland.
I am on Comcast ( Metro Memphis ) and they told me that we have no hard limit, but those who abuse the service (BT), will feel the pain.
I am on Comcast ( Metro Memphis ) and they told me that we have no hard limit, but those who abuse the service (BT), will feel the pain.
I am sure in the fine print there is the word “Beta” somewhere which will absolve Google from all responsibility and liability.
I am sure in the fine print there is the word “Beta” somewhere which will absolve Google from all responsibility and liability.
I think to be critical of Google for missing features in a product that can be upgraded by software updates is the kettle calling the pot black.
I also think long term, having the google tv device as a pass through for your current content provider is the right choice. This allows app developers to overlay there apps on top of the video source from the cable company. They could even do interesting things like determine when commericals are and feed you commercials targeted directly at you based on your google search profile.
the price is crazy though, that i agree with.