Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
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Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
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Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#2To be clear, this isn't a product called "Presenter", this is a person who works for Microsoft who switched to Chrome during a presentation. Nothing to see here.
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#3It’s exactly this attitude of just get it done that has reignited Microsoft.
They probably get flack for this, but it shows they’re focused more on results.
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#4To be clear, this isn't a product called "Presenter", this is a person who works for Microsoft who switched to Chrome during a presentation. Nothing to see here.
It's a little embarrassing though. Had they at least chosen Firefox which isn't a major competitor of theirs across multiple markets, it wouldn't be nearly as bad.
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#5He was presenting Azure and the browser was enable to parse a XmlHttpRequest. It could be an error on the browser or on the server side application. Because he is on the server side team he blamed the browser.
Rule #1 of pointing fingers: it's always someone else's fault.
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#6He was presenting Azure and the browser was enable to parse a XmlHttpRequest. It could be an error on the browser or on the server side application. Because he is on the server side team he blamed the browser. Rule #1 of pointing fingers: it's always someone else's fault.
From the comments on the article, it could also have been a beta version of Edge
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#7I wish I could give up on Edge, but my end users won't let me.
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#8From the presenter's comments, it sounds like a GPO locked down Edge. In that context, it makes sense to immediately install another browser and Chrome is the market leader.
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#9He handled it impressively and was focused on the presentation. Hats off sir.
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#10Ugh.. Ive been exactly in his shoes. He's trying to demo an area, and dogfood an unrelated area (browser). I know when Ive done Azure work before, it'll work in Chrome and firefox. But that's about it. Or it could be some goofy problem with the browser, or how MS handles what browser it thinks you're running, or a million other possibilities. Who knows.
But the best way to continue a demo, is just to get the demo done. And frankly, that someone from MS can install and get to work with Chrome/Google, cool. Get it done, then get it right.
Tl;Dr. The hotseat of live demos can suck. Really suck. Don't diss till you do one, and it falls apart. There really is nothing worse than having big yuckity-yucks sitting there, tut-tutting you because the "Thing" you're showing off falls flat. You feel about "." this tall.