Portwise on a Mac
I really like the idea of Portwise. It’s a great product, allowing me to connect to a network and experience a full windows client, whilst not actually interfering with the setup/configuration of my machine.
Portwise is great at what it does. However, I am not impressed that to use it successfully on a Mac requires I install Firefox. This goes against the grain of every bit of software development I have been involved with. As a - former - developer I always built software that did not make demands on the user having specific software installed on their machine. You can never guarantee that software will be there, that it will be configured correctly or the user is in an environment where it is acceptable for that software to be installed.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great product, but it really grates that I have to install Firefox to be able to use it. Got any thoughts on this? Do you agree/disagree? Let me know in the comments.
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Nic
Hi Mark,
The only time that you would HAVE to use FlipperFox is if the back resource/website you are publishing requires it. PortWise itself as no such requirement, which is useful as I hardly ever load FlipperFox on any of my Macs.
If you still have problems drop me a line and we can look at the config.
Cheers
Nic
Apr 15th, 2008
Mark
Wow! Thanks for the comments Nic. I’ll definately drop you a line to find out how you conquer this.
Apr 16th, 2008
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