[–] KL1 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Well, there is always BlueStacks App Player.
[–] dinkydarko 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The web version does pretty well
I really wish the Google apps were available on my computer. They're the main thing I miss on my Surface Pro.
Using the website for GMail or Hangouts or Calendar is fine, but they're no native apps by any means, and lack things like persistent native notifications. Plus Chrome is a huge resource hog these days, so keeping a tab open for those things actually swallows hundreds of megabytes of RAM.
[–] TheMemphisExp ago
http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/
This may be relevant to the discussion. For a consistent UX across multiple devices, services will need to expand. In fact, I think it's pretty weird that I. the day of the internet , so many apps and services still don't fully communicate with themselves across platforms.
Thankfully, that's changing.
[–] CaptNemo131 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
SwiftKey. If Google were to implement SwiftKey's prediction engine into a Chrome extension, or Microsoft into Windows, I'd buy it immediately. It makes typing that much faster.
[–] notty_prince 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oh man. Wish this was real..
[–] satnavtomington [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I've given swiftkey a go but never noticed a huge difference, maybe I'm doing it wrong
[–] VernacularOracle ago
You're definitely doing it wrong. Use the swipe feature
[–] onbeskarakterli ago
I bet you don't have fat fingers. :(
[–] CaptNemo131 ago
I've used it on a tablet with an external keyboard. The predictions get better with time, once it learns your style. Which keyboard do you use?