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Without knowing much about the team I really doubt this has much to do with remote work. It seems like a smart move to take pressure off team deliverables in ge

Without knowing much about the team I really doubt this has much to do with remote work. It seems like a smart move to take pressure off team deliverables in general right now for a host of reasons.

kinlan 7y ago
It's a mix of many things. Our teams all working remote for the first time and dealing with the same issues all people are dealing with. And then also at the same time if we put pressure on external developers with breaking changes or new bugs then it doesn't seem the right thing to do for users and developers at this time.
LanceH 7y ago
Local schools are leaning heavily on chromebooks. They have checked them out to students without computers. Adding an os update to this would contribute to the chaos.
- enneff 7y ago
  OS updates on ChromeOS are seamless and mostly go unnoticed by the user, FWIW.
  - tedunangst 7y ago
    Except when they move the launch bar from here to there or hide scrollbars or make any of a million other changes that cause your screen to no longer resemble the screenshot you're trying to learn from.
    - LanceH 7y ago
      I updated a couple weeks ago and every tab was discarded when I tabbed away, reloaded when I tabbed back. It's better now. I can only imagine the problems that would cause for a school with a couple hundred of these checked out.
      - retpirato 7y ago
        install session buddy from the chrome web store. it saves your tabs automatically, & even restores sessions containing a mix of tabs & web "apps" accordingly.
        rovr138 7y ago
        The only reason this is needed is because something was messed up with the core functionality. Same thing could happen with an API. The focus on stability for now makes sense with a lot of people going remote.
  - untog 7y ago
    Provided they go right. If the entire team is adapting to a new way of working it makes sense to hold off on new releases while you make sure you've got everything working right.
  - Gaelan 7y ago
    IIRC my school district (in WA state) pinned Chrome OS versions for a long time because the state standardized testing software required a specific Chrome version. Not sure off hand if that's still a problem.
    - ThePowerOfFuet 7y ago
      >the state standardized testing software required a specific Chrome version Sounds like that's the root cause of the issue.
  - kseifried 7y ago
    Not everyone has access to a ton of bandwidth.
tmpz22 7y ago
Stress can impact the human immune system and reduce our ability to fight off an infection, on that note alone it's worth adding some more slack to these important but not truly essential releases.
steren 7y ago
A lot of googlers are remote while caring for their children at home. This definitely reduces productivity.

Without knowing much about the team I really doubt this has much to do with remote work. It seems like a smart move to take pressure off team deliverables in general right now for a host of reasons.

kinlan 7y ago

It's a mix of many things. Our teams all working remote for the first time and dealing with the same issues all people are dealing with. And then also at the same time if we put pressure on external developers with breaking changes or new bugs then it doesn't seem the right thing to do for users and developers at this time.

LanceH 7y ago

Local schools are leaning heavily on chromebooks. They have checked them out to students without computers. Adding an os update to this would contribute to the chaos.

enneff 7y ago
OS updates on ChromeOS are seamless and mostly go unnoticed by the user, FWIW.
- tedunangst 7y ago
  Except when they move the launch bar from here to there or hide scrollbars or make any of a million other changes that cause your screen to no longer resemble the screenshot you're trying to learn from.
  - LanceH 7y ago
    I updated a couple weeks ago and every tab was discarded when I tabbed away, reloaded when I tabbed back. It's better now. I can only imagine the problems that would cause for a school with a couple hundred of these checked out.
    - retpirato 7y ago
      install session buddy from the chrome web store. it saves your tabs automatically, & even restores sessions containing a mix of tabs & web "apps" accordingly.
      - rovr138 7y ago
        The only reason this is needed is because something was messed up with the core functionality. Same thing could happen with an API. The focus on stability for now makes sense with a lot of people going remote.
- untog 7y ago
  Provided they go right. If the entire team is adapting to a new way of working it makes sense to hold off on new releases while you make sure you've got everything working right.
- Gaelan 7y ago
  IIRC my school district (in WA state) pinned Chrome OS versions for a long time because the state standardized testing software required a specific Chrome version. Not sure off hand if that's still a problem.
  - ThePowerOfFuet 7y ago
    >the state standardized testing software required a specific Chrome version Sounds like that's the root cause of the issue.
- kseifried 7y ago
  Not everyone has access to a ton of bandwidth.

tmpz22 7y ago

Stress can impact the human immune system and reduce our ability to fight off an infection, on that note alone it's worth adding some more slack to these important but not truly essential releases.

steren 7y ago

A lot of googlers are remote while caring for their children at home. This definitely reduces productivity.