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> What if there was a centralized way of accessing HTML + CSS + JS applications There is. The major OSs provide APIs to access the platform browser. The downsi
by josho 10y ago
> What if there was a centralized way of accessing HTML + CSS + JS applications
There is. The major OSs provide APIs to access the platform browser. The downside is you need a platform specific shim to set this up using native code. So, developers need to step outside of their JS worldview for a few days to avoid that 200mb app size penalty.
If you are building a platform agnostic app then I understand the value of Electron to avoid that work across each platform. But, it seems several of those Electron apps aren't even platform agnostic, so why not build the platform specific shim and be a better citizen on my hardware.
edit: I'm daft
- mnx 10y agoHe was ironically talking about the web.