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Microsoft employee installs Chrome mid-presentation because Edge keeps crashing

84 points by Bhilai 9y ago

Grazester 9y ago
Certainly he wasn't going to stop and troubleshoot the problem when a 3 minute install would work as a temporary solution but it is funny.
matchmike1313 9y ago
This is amazing... Chrome FTW.
primeblue 9y ago
So silly, should have gone for Firefox https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
davewasthere 9y ago
Interesting where he's saying that the Edge browser on their machines is locked down, which was causing the crash. Maybe it's quite a known issue anyway. "Yeah, I know, I know...", he said in response to something.
PascLeRasc 9y ago
I thought it was funny how he typed in "chromr" into the Start Menu. I feel like I've done that a hundred times. One thing I like about Spotlight is how it corrects typos like that.
maxscam 9y ago
He unchecked "send diagnostics" because he didn't want to help google. What the fuck
- dentemple 9y ago
  it's a joke
mankash666 9y ago
Settle down everyone - Google products have just as many bugs. :)
- philtar 9y ago
  Where's your evidence?
  - static_noise 9y ago
    There is supposed to be... evidence?
- whipoodle 9y ago
  Yeah yeah. Everything is exactly the same, nothing could ever be better or worse than anything else in some particular regard.
Boothroid 9y ago
Poor demo skills. You could easily switch to slides for a moment while you do what you have to do and whilst some in the audience might notice it would certainly be more professional to keep the emphasis on the main message which doesn't appear to be about demoing Edge anyway. It would also make for a less embarrassing video to put on the web.
- jasonvorhe 9y ago
  He made a sympathetic move in a stressful situation and the audience got a few giggles out of it, come on.
  - Boothroid 9y ago
    Have you any training or experience in demo skills? I worked in presales for several years. What I am describing is standard stuff for handling this type of situation. Downvotes for literally describing the way that you are taught on a demo training course to handle this exact type of situation, wow HN so smart. Edit: also anyone demonstrating software that values their career should have backup screenshots and video. I would probably have gone straight to video at that point. Audience barely notice and it's generally only a salty few that will quibble about it not being live, and I expect a video would communicate the message perfectly well.
    - aaomidi 9y ago
      As a customer I would prefer a live demo. Usually a video demo, unless it has to be video (time-lapse etc) will not get my attention and I will ignore it. No way I'm buying something without a live demo.
      - Boothroid 9y ago
        You would buy something purely on the strength of a demo? If so I hate to break it to you but there's often a lot of smoke and mirrors behind live demos, indeed if the demo jock is good enough you might not even know you are watching a video. In my experience most reasonable audiences are aware of Murphy's law and forgiving of it. My original point was that according to the training I received there are better ways to handle this type of situation. I don't think you've refuted that point.
yuhong 9y ago
The fun thing is that this was already a month old presentation by the time this was posted.
anotheryou 9y ago
MS authentication still took longer than installing chrome, lol. Log in with no password, come to some weird state where you never know what to choose, log in again with password, wait for 2-factor, and bingo!
roughfalls 9y ago
It's a good thing he wasn't running Windows 10 S: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609706/google-chrome-windows-10-s-app-restrictions https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609706/google-chrome-wi...
mattbillenstein 9y ago
Evidence you should never rest on your laurels -- 90% market share to 9% -- and that on what was obviously the most important platform the world has ever seen, the internet.

84 points by Bhilai 9y ago

Certainly he wasn't going to stop and troubleshoot the problem when a 3 minute install would work as a temporary solution but it is funny.

matchmike1313 9y ago

This is amazing... Chrome FTW.

primeblue 9y ago

So silly, should have gone for Firefox https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

davewasthere 9y ago

Interesting where he's saying that the Edge browser on their machines is locked down, which was causing the crash. Maybe it's quite a known issue anyway. "Yeah, I know, I know...", he said in response to something.

PascLeRasc 9y ago

I thought it was funny how he typed in "chromr" into the Start Menu. I feel like I've done that a hundred times. One thing I like about Spotlight is how it corrects typos like that.

maxscam 9y ago

He unchecked "send diagnostics" because he didn't want to help google. What the fuck

dentemple 9y ago
it's a joke

mankash666 9y ago

Settle down everyone - Google products have just as many bugs. :)

philtar 9y ago
Where's your evidence?
- static_noise 9y ago
  There is supposed to be... evidence?
whipoodle 9y ago
Yeah yeah. Everything is exactly the same, nothing could ever be better or worse than anything else in some particular regard.

Boothroid 9y ago

Poor demo skills. You could easily switch to slides for a moment while you do what you have to do and whilst some in the audience might notice it would certainly be more professional to keep the emphasis on the main message which doesn't appear to be about demoing Edge anyway. It would also make for a less embarrassing video to put on the web.

jasonvorhe 9y ago
He made a sympathetic move in a stressful situation and the audience got a few giggles out of it, come on.
- Boothroid 9y ago
  Have you any training or experience in demo skills? I worked in presales for several years. What I am describing is standard stuff for handling this type of situation. Downvotes for literally describing the way that you are taught on a demo training course to handle this exact type of situation, wow HN so smart. Edit: also anyone demonstrating software that values their career should have backup screenshots and video. I would probably have gone straight to video at that point. Audience barely notice and it's generally only a salty few that will quibble about it not being live, and I expect a video would communicate the message perfectly well.
  - aaomidi 9y ago
    As a customer I would prefer a live demo. Usually a video demo, unless it has to be video (time-lapse etc) will not get my attention and I will ignore it. No way I'm buying something without a live demo.
    - Boothroid 9y ago
      You would buy something purely on the strength of a demo? If so I hate to break it to you but there's often a lot of smoke and mirrors behind live demos, indeed if the demo jock is good enough you might not even know you are watching a video. In my experience most reasonable audiences are aware of Murphy's law and forgiving of it. My original point was that according to the training I received there are better ways to handle this type of situation. I don't think you've refuted that point.

yuhong 9y ago

The fun thing is that this was already a month old presentation by the time this was posted.

anotheryou 9y ago

MS authentication still took longer than installing chrome, lol. Log in with no password, come to some weird state where you never know what to choose, log in again with password, wait for 2-factor, and bingo!

roughfalls 9y ago

It's a good thing he wasn't running Windows 10 S: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609706/google-chrome-windows-10-s-app-restrictions https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609706/google-chrome-wi...

mattbillenstein 9y ago

Evidence you should never rest on your laurels -- 90% market share to 9% -- and that on what was obviously the most important platform the world has ever seen, the internet.