Should Manager Desktop run in browser instead of standalone application

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Manager always used two programs to deliver it’s functionality

  • A web browser to render the user interface
  • A web server to implement the back end accounting functionality.

In more detail

  • These two programs can run on the same or different computers.

  • The web browser always runs on the users computer. This is very obvious when running the cloud or server versions as the user must first start a web browser of their choice.

  • When starting the desktop version, two independent programs are started 1) the back end web server which in the Windows task manager shows as “ManagerDesktop.exe” 2) A web browser which in Windows task manager shows as “msedgewebview2.exe”.

  • In the desktop version the separation between the backend web server and the front end web browser doing the rendering can be made more obvious by starting Manager Desktop, then opening a link in a new window, the exact method of doing this varies with operating system. Another way is to open a link to the local web server directly via http://127.0.0.1:55667/

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