90 karma · joined April 25, 2013
Setups like this usually suck. These workflows are hard to maintain, especially by not so tech-clever photographers.
>what's the benefit of editing in the browser
You mean from a user perspective? Then "no installation", freedom choosing platform, collaborative editing, etc. If we talk in a greater perspective... Web version of software for RAW processing can be easily integrated into any web service: Google+, Dropbox...
In case some of you want to put it as a desktop wallpaper :)
You are correct about our approach (I'm referring to dcraw here).
>Do you see this as viable for use on tablets and such?
It's a question of hardware, most of the things we build can run in browsers on tablets (in theory). We actually don't see much benefit in editing on a tablet. But iPad can be a good device for photo management and sharing.