StencylWorks in ChromeOS

williamlweaver

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Thanks again for such an innovative product!

Any chance/plans that StencylWorks will work on a Google ChromeOS Chromebook?

I'm addicted to my Cr-48 and while I'm currently exploring StencylWorks on my EeePC running Ubuntu 11.04, the Cr-48 is my default machine.

With the arrival of the Acer and Samsung Chromebooks this summer I expect they will start to show up at college this fall.

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Alexin

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StencylWorks is cross-platform. If a platform supports Java then chances are high the application works out of the box.
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Joe

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I don't believe ChromeOS will include Java out of the box, but you should be able to download a Linux JRE and have it work okay.

williamlweaver

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Thanks for the quick replies... I've been using the Cr-48 in pure vanilla mode and have not switched to the unlocked developer mode.

I will have a go at downloading the distribution file and see how things play.  I will be sure to report back.

Thanks again!

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I copied my Ubuntu distribution files on to an SD and attempted to open StencylWorks on the Cr-48 under ChromeOS. The OS does not recognize the file type and when opening in the browser, it stalls with a blank page.

I read about ChromeOS not supporting Java apps back in December 2010...  Looks like we are not there yet.

The ChromeOS plays Java apps in the browser, but my guess is that stand-alone Java apps need to be wrapped up into a WebApp container and installed into the Chrome Browser via the Google Chrome Web Store...

« Last Edit: June 02, 2011, 06:59:54 am by williamlweaver »