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Yes, but it's electron. I've honestly seen only one properly written Electron app and it's VSCode. Everything else electron sucks. VSCode is not great either b

Yes, but it's electron. I've honestly seen only one properly written Electron app and it's VSCode. Everything else electron sucks. VSCode is not great either but it's much better than say, Atom or Slack.

bpicolo 9y ago
Discord is great
- supergreg 9y ago
  So is gitkraken. But I assume these apps have spent a considerable amount of time in optimizing electron, which not everyone can do.
  - erikbye 9y ago
    While some may find GitKraken visually pleasing, it can't be used for big repos; didn't even manage to open a few of the ones I tried.
    - crispinb 9y ago
      I was curious as I've never found a standalone visual git client I liked as much as IntelliJ's integrated one. So I downloaded it, found it was 1/4 of a GB and wouldn't look at a local repo without logging in to a web service. Deleted.
      - philliphaydon 9y ago
        It never used to require logging in but the moment they added that I deleted it.
      - friendzis 9y ago
        Some years ago I was evaluating GUI git clients (the landscape has changed since) for rather simple flows and found SmartGitHg simple enough to setup and explain in under an hour and powerful enough not to drop to a shell. No affiliation here.
      - SOLAR_FIELDS 9y ago
        I still haven't found anything better than IntelliJ's triple column view for resolving merge conflicts. Is there anything similar in a more lightweight editor?
        icebraining 9y ago
        If you don't mind having it separate from your main editor, Meld is great.
        SOLAR_FIELDS 9y ago
        Interesting that this is touted as one of the "best" uses of Meld[0]. Will try this out tomorrow. 0: http://meldmerge.org/help/resolving-conflicts.html http://meldmerge.org/help/resolving-conflicts.html
- Spivak 9y ago
  Sure, but Discord's web app and their native app are basically equivalent. The native app gives a little more system integration (like global hotkeys and direct access to sound hardware) but fundamentally the Discord app is just a webview. I don't think anyone doubts that a high-quality website wrapped in a webview won't be at least the same quality. The question is whether "web-native" platforms can do more than just be a branded browser.
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richardwhiuk 9y ago
Slack?
- blueline 9y ago
  stutters horrendously very often for my work setup (~800 people). also eats tons and tons of memory and kills my battery
  - cyberpunk0 9y ago
    Anecdotal problems
    - KGIII 9y ago
      Another anecdote; your comment is the only one I've ever noticed that appears to be defending Slack. From an outsider looking in, I'm not sure why it is so popular.
      - always_good 9y ago
        It's popular because technical superiority isn't why people use software. For example, Spotify eats 100% CPU if I leave it open for 24 hours yet I don't think I've met someone in the last year that doesn't have Spotify running on their computer.
        KGIII 9y ago
        If it helps, I don't have Spotify.
- NikolaeVarius 9y ago
  Slack takes up 1.3 gb of RAM if I don't restart it at least once a week

bpicolo 9y ago

Discord is great

supergreg 9y ago
So is gitkraken. But I assume these apps have spent a considerable amount of time in optimizing electron, which not everyone can do.
- erikbye 9y ago
  While some may find GitKraken visually pleasing, it can't be used for big repos; didn't even manage to open a few of the ones I tried.
  - crispinb 9y ago
    I was curious as I've never found a standalone visual git client I liked as much as IntelliJ's integrated one. So I downloaded it, found it was 1/4 of a GB and wouldn't look at a local repo without logging in to a web service. Deleted.
    - philliphaydon 9y ago
      It never used to require logging in but the moment they added that I deleted it.
    - friendzis 9y ago
      Some years ago I was evaluating GUI git clients (the landscape has changed since) for rather simple flows and found SmartGitHg simple enough to setup and explain in under an hour and powerful enough not to drop to a shell. No affiliation here.
    - SOLAR_FIELDS 9y ago
      I still haven't found anything better than IntelliJ's triple column view for resolving merge conflicts. Is there anything similar in a more lightweight editor?
      - icebraining 9y ago
        If you don't mind having it separate from your main editor, Meld is great.
        SOLAR_FIELDS 9y ago
        Interesting that this is touted as one of the "best" uses of Meld[0]. Will try this out tomorrow. 0: http://meldmerge.org/help/resolving-conflicts.html http://meldmerge.org/help/resolving-conflicts.html
Spivak 9y ago
Sure, but Discord's web app and their native app are basically equivalent. The native app gives a little more system integration (like global hotkeys and direct access to sound hardware) but fundamentally the Discord app is just a webview. I don't think anyone doubts that a high-quality website wrapped in a webview won't be at least the same quality. The question is whether "web-native" platforms can do more than just be a branded browser.
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richardwhiuk 9y ago

Slack?

blueline 9y ago
stutters horrendously very often for my work setup (~800 people). also eats tons and tons of memory and kills my battery
- cyberpunk0 9y ago
  Anecdotal problems
  - KGIII 9y ago
    Another anecdote; your comment is the only one I've ever noticed that appears to be defending Slack. From an outsider looking in, I'm not sure why it is so popular.
    - always_good 9y ago
      It's popular because technical superiority isn't why people use software. For example, Spotify eats 100% CPU if I leave it open for 24 hours yet I don't think I've met someone in the last year that doesn't have Spotify running on their computer.
      - KGIII 9y ago
        If it helps, I don't have Spotify.
NikolaeVarius 9y ago
Slack takes up 1.3 gb of RAM if I don't restart it at least once a week