I don't mean to jump on you personally, but your question is typical of something I don't understand: why do so many people seem to want to do desktop-type things on ChromeOS? It's not meant for that kind of work, and there are plenty of other OSs that are.
edit: There is nothing definitively saying it is not web-based, but I do feel as if that would be a big talking point when they first introduced it if it were.
