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Pretty much, even as a developer, I feel the desktop paradigm is less and less important each year since I mostly only use a web browser and a terminal.
by seiferteric 9y ago
Pretty much, even as a developer, I feel the desktop paradigm is less and less important each year since I mostly only use a web browser and a terminal.
- arvinsim 9y agoI assume that is because you can SSH into the machine of your choice? Most of the developers who don't live in a country with fast internet connection will still continue using a desktop for the foreseeable future.
- seiferteric 9y agoNope, just vim, and a browser mostly. I use sublimetext sometimes. That's the bulk of my desktop app usage.
- Stratoscope 9y agoYou're one particular kind of developer. There are others. For example, my usual "working set" right now includes: Araxis Merge, Calculator (the Windows 10 version with the new programmer features), Dynalist, Evernote, FlashDevelop (don't laugh), IntelliJ IDEA, TraceView Plus, Notepad++, Office 365, Process Hacker, SecureCRT, Slack, SmartGit, Visual Studio, VMware Workstation, VS Code, XVI32. And less frequently: API Monitor, Dependency Walker, Spy++, Hexinator, PaintShop Pro, IDA Pro. Also utilities like 3DxWare, 7-Zip, AquaSnap, AutoHotkey, Brother scanner utility, Eye-One Match (so my monitors are calibrated the same), Everything (the search utility), GraphicsMagick, JKLmouse (keyboard mouse control), Macrium Reflect, FolderSizes, Pandoc, ZoomIn/Zoom+, and the usual browsers and stuff. WSL too. Along with more personal tools like Foobar2000, Google Earth, Moneydance, Musicnotes (sheet music player), Total Recorder, Transcribe! (music transcription and pitch shifting), TurboTax, VLC. I'm not saying my set of tools is typical either, of course! Just that for some of us the desktop is alive and well, both for business and personal use. I have no idea how I would replace most of these tools with a terminal and a web browser, other than the ones like Dynalist and Slack.