I just received an update for Office 365. It certainly includes some cool features - including starting in one environment and picking it up in another environment. In recent years, I've certainly enjoined the use of Continuity on a Mac and in fact, I feel spoiled being able to start a message in one environment (even Google) and then finish it off on another. This has become some pervasive when we were reviewing our most recent backlog at a client site, a similar feature was added to the current workload.
But with web applications, the trend is to reduce the amount of software on a client machine. I used to have automatic backup for all of my machines (thanks Carbonite!) but these days, many of my machines don't need anything beyond the core OS and some basic applications. Certainly that's the feeling with Chromebooks and even the lightweight aspect of many iOS apps. The functionality is mostly in the cloud.
When you upgrade your system, you expect it to a big update. So when was an "update" well over 1GB ? Here's my update screen for Office 365 -
Wow! It feels more like a full upgrade or new version.
Don't get me wrong - I love getting new features but remember when updates were under 100MB?
Maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic ....
But with web applications, the trend is to reduce the amount of software on a client machine. I used to have automatic backup for all of my machines (thanks Carbonite!) but these days, many of my machines don't need anything beyond the core OS and some basic applications. Certainly that's the feeling with Chromebooks and even the lightweight aspect of many iOS apps. The functionality is mostly in the cloud.
When you upgrade your system, you expect it to a big update. So when was an "update" well over 1GB ? Here's my update screen for Office 365 -
Wow! It feels more like a full upgrade or new version.
Don't get me wrong - I love getting new features but remember when updates were under 100MB?
Maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic ....
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