illustration by Galit Weisberg
Cloud-based software is becoming something we rely on daily, in both business and in personal tasks. There is cloud-based software for everything these days… interior design, managing household budgets, and conducting online meetings.
We can now access our information anywhere we go, needing just a few things, a computer or mobile device, Internet, and a browser. It is the last item that causes me frustration more often than not these days. No longer can I depend on just one browser for all of my needs. I need three.
The cloud-based software I use to conduct meetings will only work properly on two out of my three browsers. I use another program for expenses that works on all of my browsers, but looks terrible in my default browser. All of the buttons that are neatly aligned in my default browser seem to be randomly placed in another browser. My aggravations had always been targeted at the software I was using. Now I know better. Today, through my own work in the software industry, I have a keen understanding of the impact browser updates have on cloud-based software. Every time one of these browsers does an update, the domino effect begins. (more…)
