No matter how fast your internet gets, it's never going to be as fast as the interconnect between your SSD and your memory, never mind your RAM and your CPU. Some programs will always run better on local machines. Recently, with the release of Microsoft 365 and Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), it's become obvious Microsoft wants you to be working on its Azure cloud.īut, for all that, conventional desktops aren't going away. Microsoft has been moving Windows to a DaaS model for years. More recently, with Chromebooks leading the way, most major technology companies are moving to a Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) model, where even your desktop resides much more on the cloud than in your office. Fix to work on some Chrome engines that don't have corporate program - and I mean every corporate program - has been moving to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Now showing directory listings with >100 files Fix directory entry listing not rendering as HTML Less memory usage because it can suspend when inactive and automatically resume (persistent listening socket) New option to get internet address using UPNP Fix FileError deprecated in dev channel return JSON format if specify accept header or ?json=1 parameter Add HTTPS self signed cert support (Thanks to Fredrik Johansson) Please let me know what new features you want! It is also handy for sharing files over a local network between computers, or even on the internet. Many people use this to do basic web development on a chromebook. Additionally, it can try and get an internet address. It now has the option to listen on the local network, so other computers can access your files. It runs anywhere that you have Chrome installed, so you can take it anywhere. Web Server for Chrome is an open source (MIT) HTTP server for Chrome.
A Web Server for Chrome, serves web pages from a local folder over the network, using HTTP.