> you can, or will soon be able to, create an app with html+css+js and run it on Windows without downloading a full engine. Actually this functionality has exi

> you can, or will soon be able to, create an app with html+css+js and run it on Windows without downloading a full engine. Actually this functionality has existed on windows for about 15 years or more. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(v=vs.85).a... HTAs, or HTML applications, almost forgotten, have been available as far back as xp and possibly windows 98. They still work in windows 10, though they only support html4 and very limited JavaScript, and obviously aren't cross platform like electron. Microsoft saw the potential in html for building apps way back in the late 90s. You used to be able to use html as a wallpaper back in windows 98, something I dearly miss. It's also worth pointing out that uwp / windows store apps can be built in html/js, which are very small to distribute and use a global rendering engine