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Could not agree more. Electron apps do not feel like desktop apps at all, they're closer to VMs in how they start, how they stop and how much resources they req
by old-gregg 10y ago
Could not agree more. Electron apps do not feel like desktop apps at all, they're closer to VMs in how they start, how they stop and how much resources they require.
- pfg 10y agoNot to take anything away from your comment (I certainly agree that a lot of Electron apps perform significantly worse than their native counterparts), but I thought this statement was funny in this context given that we're comparing Electron apps to ones written in Java, which used to get the same kind of complaints.
- cozzyd 10y agoFor some reason that I do not care enough to figure out, the Slack "native" Linux application uses something like 5 GB of RAM on my desktop.
- city41 10y agoAre you certain it's Electron based? The OSX Slack app is built with MacGap.
- imtringued 10y agoMaybe it's time to upgrade your laptop /s