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> means that most "cross platform desktop app" links which used to mean "we do windows AND mac!" are actually cross-platform The "cross platform desktop apps"

> means that most "cross platform desktop app" links which used to mean "we do windows AND mac!" are actually cross-platform The "cross platform desktop apps" I'm objecting to are really just webapps that could run just as well in a browser without the wrapper. If they weren't released in a wrapper at all, they'd still be cross platform. > I've even switched from vim to vscode because the latter is actually the slickest IDE I've ever used. VSCode and Atom make a little more sense in Electron because they actually have requirements that can't be met when run purely in a browser (like running a build system). I still prefer a native IDE like Sublime Text but I can see also see the benefit of using Electron here. The apps I have problems with are the webapp ports like Slack, Discord and Spotify. > You're yet to see a single necessary electron port? Well, I use 4 all the time What are they? What makes them necessary (other than VSCode, which I understand as explained above)?

roryisok 9y ago
Slack and discord maybe, but Spotify plays your local music library. Can't do that in the browser (well, maybe with java applets)
- dennykane 9y ago
  Unless you can put the [little used] HTML5 FileSystem API into full-effect, by creating a full-blown Unix-like operating system (complete with a desktop environment) that runs inside of a browser tab (ie, is "just" a web page)... so that whatever music files are kept in this browser-sandboxed filesystem become your local music library. (Yes, this idea is slowly but surely becoming a reality... I'm the creator of a little thing called "Linux on the Web", at https://linuxontheweb.org https://linuxontheweb.org)
- Veratyr 9y ago
  Ah, didn't know that. It's a shame, there was a spec for that but it got dropped: https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/ https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/

roryisok 9y ago

Slack and discord maybe, but Spotify plays your local music library. Can't do that in the browser (well, maybe with java applets)

dennykane 9y ago
Unless you can put the [little used] HTML5 FileSystem API into full-effect, by creating a full-blown Unix-like operating system (complete with a desktop environment) that runs inside of a browser tab (ie, is "just" a web page)... so that whatever music files are kept in this browser-sandboxed filesystem become your local music library. (Yes, this idea is slowly but surely becoming a reality... I'm the creator of a little thing called "Linux on the Web", at https://linuxontheweb.org https://linuxontheweb.org)
Veratyr 9y ago
Ah, didn't know that. It's a shame, there was a spec for that but it got dropped: https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/ https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/