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> If you're in a workplace you probably don't have admin rights to install software on your desktop unless you are a dev, and even then it's not exactly guarant
by svnpenn 4y ago
> If you're in a workplace you probably don't have admin rights to install software on your desktop unless you are a dev, and even then it's not exactly guaranteed.
OK then, ask the admin to install it, I don't see the problem. If its appropriate work software, then it shouldn't be an issue. Web browser should be for... browsing the web. If you're simply using a browser to bypass admin restrictions, it seems like you're doing something wrong.
- ciupicri 4y agoNot to mention the fact the website hosting the application might be blocked by the same admin.
- antihipocrat 4y agoAn admin won't just install it. Any software installed on a system connected to the corporate network is a security risk and would need to be vetted. This takes weeks and can often take months. If the choice is between writing the business case, getting management sign off and waiting weeks for deployment vs running it immediately in the browser, I'm choosing the browser.
- svnpenn 4y agoUnderstood. However what you're saying is quite different from the other user, who was saying "Everything has to be in the browser now".
- antihipocrat 4y agoMy read on that comment was more along the lines of everything must also be available to run in the browser now because users demand it. The performance of apps run in the browser has improved so much lately that users' habits and expectations have shifted.
- Animats 4y agoRight. Can we just run Docker containers in the browser and be done with it?
- antihipocrat 4y agoYou may enjoy this: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...