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Google Chrome OS Screenshots Are Fake, Just Like We Thought

By Dan Nosowitz on July 10, 2009 at 8:21 AM

John Herrman was pretty sceptical of the Chrome OS screenshots we saw this morning, and as it turns out, rightly so; their creator has piped up and admitted their falsity.

Here’s the creator’s explanation, in his own (poorly written) words. It was all just a prank, for some unknown reason!

I am sorry if you beleived it. It was a really bad attempt. You all are smart people. I never planned on it getting this big. But it did. (Come one, I know the Google logo. I am actually a graphic designer, I just wanted to see reactions if it was a crappy back.)

Oh, right, I also DO know CSS and HTML. Just clarifying that. I never was going to let this go on longer than 12 hours.

We’re mostly just disappointed, since a more professional mockup would’ve been so much harder to disprove. Couldn’t he have waited one day and gotten the damn Google colours right? [Faker's Blog via PC Mag]

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Bennish

July 10, 2009 at 11:43 AM

What, are we meant to act surprised?

Possibly the most crappy attempt anyone’s ever seen. It didn’t even last 12 hours mate. It just took you longer to admit what we all knew at first glance.

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Todd Davies

July 10, 2009 at 7:41 PM
whats the point in making a hoax if you aren't going to do it properly, it just gets boring after a while, not to mention the letdowns..
Todd Davies
rt100 Penn State

July 10, 2009 at 5:37 PM
@InsidiousTuna: yeah the oover colored text was so bad it made my eyes hurt. I don't think the design-aware guys over at google could really unleash a product into the world that would actually look so terrible. They have so much experience with Beta stuff, they'd do better than that
MePerson

July 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM
No video, no proof. I could have created that easily in Photoshop. Or GIMP.
MePerson
lostarchitect

July 10, 2009 at 11:14 AM
the obvious fairy took a dump all over that one.
judacris

July 10, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Something fake here could very well be real somewhere in China.
nikaru

July 10, 2009 at 10:51 AM
The fact that someone believed it and it was in the news makes it a good prank. First time I saw it I knew it was fake but still I can't believe someone thought it was still news-worthy.
nikaru
torched

July 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM
@someToast: didn't they say comments are auto promoted just by a star commenter replying?
Axelph

July 10, 2009 at 9:39 AM
We shouldn't be that desperate to see what will google bring. Let's just hope whatever comes lives up to the hype
Whydoesthisalwayshappentome

July 10, 2009 at 9:37 AM
@Lance eagles3strong: You're being too easy on him, I say he should be shot in the back of the head with a 9mm handgun.
someToast

July 10, 2009 at 9:36 AM
@InsidiousTuna: Comment promotion, and then the beat-down! : D
SirFenwick

July 10, 2009 at 8:51 AM
I'll be happy when Google releases the real thing.
telepheedian

July 10, 2009 at 8:48 AM
I'm surprised blogs actually picked it up, like he said, it was pretty obvious. That said, -over 9000 on him for posting it.
telepheedian
SysRq

July 10, 2009 at 8:45 AM
I'm not so much pissed off at him trying to "lie to the internet" like he thinks he did. I'm just wondering why this guy thinks he's such hot shit now, even after his 15 minutes of fame are up. Oh yes, and thank you for clarifying that you DO know CSS and HTML. And we appreciate that you never intended for this to "get big", if by "get big" you mean it circled the internet once and we moved on. Any idiot can do what this guy did, can we stop paying attention to him now?
InsidiousTuna

July 10, 2009 at 8:33 AM
@Lance eagles3strong: It's just a mockup of a white wallpaper with some text on it and a one-item dock. I think you're being a little harsh on the Beav, Ward. He didn't do anything terrible.
InsidiousTuna

July 10, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Apart from the overbearing colorization of the text, it did look like a very basic version of a Google-optimized Linux distro. I think the important thing to remember is that this OS is primarily about running Chrome and browser-based apps. What the dock looks like is not terribly important.
Lance eagles3strong

July 10, 2009 at 8:30 AM
What a lame apology. If anything he should be beat with a large stick for his impudence. He sounds like a dog with is tail between his legs, not really sorry, just sheepish because he wasn't clever enough to actually pull it off.
ryno365

July 10, 2009 at 8:28 AM
I woulda rolled with it.
ryno365
someToast

July 11, 2009 at 2:24 AM
@torched: Possibly. I may not have just read that at the time.
dmexs

July 12, 2009 at 6:55 AM
@Lance eagles3strong: I'm not sure he owes anybody an apology.

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