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The vast majority of desktop users would be fine doing all their work (word processing, spreadsheets, email, browsing) in a browser. Thus a full operating syste
by davidy123 7y ago
The vast majority of desktop users would be fine doing all their work (word processing, spreadsheets, email, browsing) in a browser. Thus a full operating system like Windows really isn't required. It's surprising more organizations haven't switched to this approach, it saves on costs and overhead.
- JohnFen 7y ago> It's surprising more organizations haven't switched to this approach, it saves on costs and overhead. The user experience with web-based versions of these things is substantially worse, though. I don't know, but perhaps that's why there isn't greater adoption.
- davidy123 7y agoI don't think it's substantially worse, and I'm a pretty heavy user of applications. It would be worth measuring impact on productivity compared to gains in maintenance and overhead reduction.
- JohnFen 7y agoFair enough, that's a subjective assessment. They tend to be substantially worse for me. The very best of them aren't substantially worse, but they are still worse. My complaints about them are the the UX tends to be unpleasant.