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I DESPISE having to install or even run desktop applications for anything that can be done in a browser.

• dheera 7y ago
  Agreed. Alibaba asks anyone who has meetings with them to install their proprietary meeting software which is only available on Mac/Win. No thanks. Most non-tech people just blindly drink the poison and install it.
• Fwirt 7y ago
  For simple tasks yes, but just because it can be done in a browser doesn't mean it should. Native applications can provide performance optimizations that you wouldn't get in a web app. Would you rather play a realistic flight sim natively or in your browser?
  • magduf 7y ago
    I'd rather play it in a browser, even if it's much worse. With the browser version, I can just open my browser and point to the URL and run it. Easy. With a native app, this usually means I'd have to go buy a new computer running Windows or MacOS just to run this one stupid application, because I don't have either of those OSes at home. Of course, I'm not going to do that, which means I just don't use the app at all.
    • lonelappde 7y ago
      support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Installing-Zoom-on-Linux
• manigandham 7y ago
  Then you're not most people. The desktop apps are faster, more reliable and more convenient for the vast majority of business users who just want it to work.
  • dawnerd 7y ago
    Not when they’re just electron apps like what sadly most of these productivity apps end up being.
    • manigandham 7y ago
      Sure, but that's not what Zoom is.
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