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It’s really not clear what the electron app even provides over the same app in chrome. Its own icon, sure, but the behavior is just as bad as on the web—just ta
by gdfhhgddhjj 9y ago
It’s really not clear what the electron app even provides over the same app in chrome. Its own icon, sure, but the behavior is just as bad as on the web—just take slack for example.
- cyberpunk0 9y agoIt offers access to file system and system resources as well as multi platform build support. Developers like all people will whine over anything. For students and indie devs who have little time, support, and resources things like electron are great
- gdfhhgddhjj 9y agoRight, but does eg slack actually use any of that? It’s not a great native client by any stretch—it doesn’t use a native UI, it’s not particularly snappy, and it doesn’t do any special integration. So, it seems that electron is mostly a way to distinguish certain sites from others, not that they provide a better experience. Granted I do like the distinct app icon. But electron should mean more than that to qualify as meaningfully native.
- alexasmyths 9y agoWhat electron gives Slack is A) local install and B) proper notifications. So Slack gets an icon on the homescreen and possibly offline notification + notification integration with the OS. That might be pretty limited from a technical perspective, but it's a massive product thing from a product perspective. Also, it's possible they may use file access for caching/storage etc..
- 0xFFC 9y agoNot closing and losing your data when your chrome crashes?