How to connect your Chromebook to a Windows SMB/CIFS Share

In order to connect to the share you'll need to know the name or ip address the host and the domain name.

1. Install the Files System for SMB/CIFS and Windows
Go to the Chrome Web Store and search for SMB/CIFS, you'll find the File System for SMB/CIFS and Windows.

2. Go to the ChromeOS File manager and select Add new services

You'll see an option for "File System for SMB/CIFS and Windows".

3. Enter your credentials

In my experience I found that the domain name was case sensitive.

Draw.io on a Chromebook a real webapp

If you want to peek into the future then have a look at Draw.io running on a Chromebook. I think this is what Google has in mind for ChromeOS.

In the context of ChromeOS, Draw.io is a true 'app', in contrast to some of the "apps" in the Chrome Store that are basically bookmarks for websites. What you're seeing in this screenshot is my screen running the HTML5 based Draw.io app (BTW to the right of it I have the 60 minutes app). This is a web app running as a first-class citizen on a web OS.

Stay tuned, I suspect there's more where this came from.