An ordinary guy trying to make a difference
The face behind the FAQs
I'm no app developer but one of the most frustrating things I find is applications that aren't network aware. When I'm working from home I have a direct connection to the Internet (no Proxy server). Of course when I'm in the office I need to go through a Proxy.
The pain is when I work in the office I need to configure the apps I want to use that "talk" to the Internet to go via the Proxy.
When I'm at home I need to go through the same thing of configuring them NOT to use a Proxy.
Why can't apps be intelligent?
For example, if I'm at home and the app is configured to use a Proxy then of course try the Proxy first. If the connection fails don't just fallover in a steaming heap of brown stuff, retry again but without going through the Proxy.
Likewise if I'm in the office and the app is configured not to use the Proxy then try connecting directly first. If the connection fails retry using the Proxy.
I'm guessing this can't be easy to do otherwise app developers would include this functionality by default unless of course they're not aware of this issue or I'm the only one frustrated by this.