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> "makes me wonder if only a minority of HN users have deployed to enterprise environments with rigid infrastructure policies" I haven't, so I'd appreciate som
by ux-app 13y ago
> "makes me wonder if only a minority of HN users have deployed to enterprise environments with rigid infrastructure policies"
I haven't, so I'd appreciate some perspective on this.
If an org does not allow other browsers besides IE, what are the chances of, for example, having a QT exe that simply wraps a webkit webview installed? I assume all orgs would have some procedure for requesting and then deploying third party software. Is this route an easier sell than simply saying "Please use Chrome or Firefox"?
Thanks
- sgift 13y agoThere is usually a process to introduce new software into the environment. This process can, depending on the rigidity of the environment, take from a few month to years and involves all kinds of hand-offs by various departments. A top of the head list of things that are considered: - Security - Retraining - Support - Deployment (can we roll this out centrally?) - (various things I've forgotten at the moment) This assumes you have the political clout to initiate such a change. Quite often it is part of the requirements which are defined before there is a project ("We have foo, your software has to run on it") and you cannot influence that. And if one or more of the mentioned parties is actively hostile to you (sometimes only one person who doesn't like you for whatever reason is enough) this can take much, much longer. Or doesn't happen at all.