A few years ago the grocery I worked for got rid of their inventory scan guns that ran on Windows CE and TinyTERM and, while outdated, were rugged as shit and it was impossible to lose your progress if you took the scanner into a WiFi dead zone somewhere in the bowels of the store. Then at some point they switched these shitty Androd-based ones that run on a web app. You always needed to be extra cautious to make sure it’s actually communicating with the WiFi and the server, or else whatever you’re scanning would not get counted/ordered.
A few years ago the grocery I worked for got rid of their inventory scan guns that ran on Windows CE and TinyTERM and, while outdated, were rugged as shit and it was impossible to lose your progress if you took the scanner into a WiFi dead zone somewhere in the bowels of the store. Then at some point they switched these shitty Androd-based ones that run on a web app. You always needed to be extra cautious to make sure it’s actually communicating with the WiFi and the server, or else whatever you’re scanning would not get counted/ordered.