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It surely is. The new desktop Skype is electron. why? I can see why it appeals to front end web devs who feel the need to play at writing desktop apps - but Mi
by stephenr 9y ago
It surely is. The new desktop Skype is electron. why?
I can see why it appeals to front end web devs who feel the need to play at writing desktop apps - but Microsoft of all places, where they have an existing native client, now decide to go backwards and use electron.
Makes sense I guess when you consider their whole revamp of the iOS app took a useful business tool and tried to make it into an app teenagers use to share photographs of their genitals.
Edit:
On Mac at least, you can still get the pre-Electron Skype.
Go to https://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/ https://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/, pick "Get classic Skype" in the blue button/dropdown combo thing.
You're welcome.
- ezekg 9y agoI feel like the snark directed at front-end devs was a little uncalled for, as if somehow they're lesser programmers. But I do agree that users of Skype (and Slack) would benefit greatly from them ditching Electron and going native (and my RAM would be a lot happier too).
- stephenr 9y agoNot at all. I have great respect for front-end devs, just as I have great respect for master builders. I just don't expect either of them to bake me a wedding cake, or write me a desktop application. The same snark would be directed at people thinking GWT is/was a good solution for Java dev's trying to create web GUI's without understanding html&css.