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You're criticizing a released project for their technology choice, advocating that they should have waited to build it until some other tech was ready... Maybe
by ohitsdom 10y ago
You're criticizing a released project for their technology choice, advocating that they should have waited to build it until some other tech was ready... Maybe take a step back and just appreciate that they built and shipped something. If you hate Electron, move on and don't use it.
- nikolay 10y agoDid you care to read? I meant they should not wait. Electron uses gigabytes of RAM - it's the one reason I switched to weechat from Slack's "desktop" client! Such "desktop" apps are a disgrace and they run way more efficiently in the browser compared to having multiple copies of browsers running in parallel.
- ohitsdom 10y agoSlack is currently using 144 MB on my Windows machine (with a lot of public channels and DMs active). Electron may give up some performance for a lower development effort, but that's the known trade-off. I think you're making it sound a little more bleak than it actually is, current performance of Electron apps is pretty good (if designed properly).
- nikolay 10y agoSend me a screenshot and make sure it includes virtual memory as well. I've never had any embeded browser app to use less than a GB of overall memory (in most cases, Slack uses well over 2GB).