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>The idea of being forced to use all software through a browser sounds bloody awful to me To me too. I never understood, ten years ago, why on earth most peopl

>The idea of being forced to use all software through a browser sounds bloody awful to me To me too. I never understood, ten years ago, why on earth most people would prefer a web-based email client to a native desktop app but they did. And today that percentage is just increasing. Most people just don't have the same concerns you and I do. >>Their victory is so complete that I'm now surprised when I come across a computer running Windows. Yeah, this one didn't make sense. If you're surprised when you come across a computer running the desktop OS used by more than 75% ([citation needed]) of the populace, then you clearly move in very narrow circles.

Tamerlin 18y ago
"To me too. I never understood, ten years ago, why on earth most people would prefer a web-based email client to a native desktop app but they did. And today that percentage is just increasing. Most people just don't have the same concerns you and I do." For me it had more to do with the fact that GMail's minimalist UI ended up being more responsive than the likes of Outlook. "Yeah, this one didn't make sense. If you're surprised when you come across a computer running the desktop OS used by more than 75% ([citation needed]) of the populace, then you clearly move in very narrow circles." I'm fairly certain that it's still more than 75%. It's also very likely that Dell's monthly sales still exceed Apple's annual sales of computers. Apple's sales have been higher than usual, but still hasn't managed to make much of a dent in the Windows market -- and don't forget that mac users are buying Windows licences so that they can run Windows-only software also... so even though those are probably the minority of mac buyers, it does suggest that Apple's non-victory is even less complete than PG is implying. :)
MaysonL 18y ago
I would guess that most of the machines that pg runs across are machines used by software producers rather than software consumers (and more specifically web software producers in young companies), and that few of these run Windows is not at all surprising

Tamerlin 18y ago

"To me too. I never understood, ten years ago, why on earth most people would prefer a web-based email client to a native desktop app but they did. And today that percentage is just increasing. Most people just don't have the same concerns you and I do." For me it had more to do with the fact that GMail's minimalist UI ended up being more responsive than the likes of Outlook. "Yeah, this one didn't make sense. If you're surprised when you come across a computer running the desktop OS used by more than 75% ([citation needed]) of the populace, then you clearly move in very narrow circles." I'm fairly certain that it's still more than 75%. It's also very likely that Dell's monthly sales still exceed Apple's annual sales of computers. Apple's sales have been higher than usual, but still hasn't managed to make much of a dent in the Windows market -- and don't forget that mac users are buying Windows licences so that they can run Windows-only software also... so even though those are probably the minority of mac buyers, it does suggest that Apple's non-victory is even less complete than PG is implying. :)

MaysonL 18y ago

I would guess that most of the machines that pg runs across are machines used by software producers rather than software consumers (and more specifically web software producers in young companies), and that few of these run Windows is not at all surprising