15. Hurray! Google Has Solved The Mystery of the Noisy Tab

Robinson Meyer, associate editor at The Atlantic, writes about Google Chrome’s new feature. He begins by narrating a situation in which, after “mindlessly opening tabs”, something “plays, brays, blats, and bellows an ungodly cacophony across” many opened tabs. Meyer tries to illustrate how at times one of many opened tabs can begin to play a video or a song that disturbs the environment one is in. He then comments on how Google has solved this problem. Chrome’s new feature shows a speaker icon on the tab playing a video or a song. This version is in beta and can be downloaded to solve the issue at hand.

Meyer did a great job in maintaining his essay fun to read, making it flow easily. The author uses an informal tone in his writing, evidenced by the use of the personal pronoun “you”. It resembles a conversation and brings a unique type of writing. Also, the narrative given by Meyer at the start of the essay is used to create a situation that the reader can relate to. This also adds to the writing by adding a more diversified style. In addition, the playful and humorous nature of the narrative grabs the attention of the reader. Taking into consideration the tone, style, narrative, and slang (“dolt”) of the essay, the author most likely wrote to an audience of young adults, who are probably the age of a college student. Furthermore, the humor Meyer uses also keeps his writing interesting to read. He ends his narrative by mentioning it was just a dream, but he develops this thought more at the end, when he says that the “noisy tab” issue will not disturb us again or our dreams. 

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/hurray-google-has-solved-the-mystery-of-the-noisy-tab/281392/