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This should be made into an Electron app with load/save, and then sell licenses to it for $50 USD. ;)

by sbjs 8y ago

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wodenokoto 8y ago
For something like this, if you want low memory, use a piece of paper! I imagine this is something you either have showing on a screen on the wall next to your dashboard, or open when you need to look at it. In either case, electron won't stop you or bottle-neck your system :)
nojvek 8y ago
I’m really bummed Chrome discontinued Chrome apps. Basically what I really want is to be able to make electron like desktop apps but not ship and load an entire browser with it. Chrome apps were light weight and you could do a lot of desktop like things with it. Progressive web apps are nice but there’s a ton of things lacking.
- sbjs 8y ago
  Chrome apps always felt weird to me. They're not really separate from Chrome, but they.. live outside Chrome? And you have to launch them like a real app? Even though they're not real apps. It's just so weird. I would prefer an Electron app any day over those weird Chrome app things.
- corobo 8y ago
  I know it's not exactly what you're looking for but for personal use anyone else wanting this sort of thing, this is how I display sites as apps (Google Calendar, Todoist) google-chrome --app="https://sbussard.github.io/canvas-sketch/" https://sbussard.github.io/canvas-sketch/" Replace google-chrome for the correct binary for your system
- kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
  There is still Qt WebEngine as a "lite" Electron. Or if that is too objectionable you can use the WebView interface with a users browser and let the app run as a background process.
  - sbjs 8y ago
    Electron (while inside Atom) started out its life as a WebView from WebKit.framework, but they realized there are too many downsides to that. So they forked Chromium to add it to a Node process and wired it into Node's libuv, which is all Electron really is. So yes it's heavier weight, but now you have Developer Tools built in.
    - nojvek 8y ago
      What would be really awesome is if Electron somehow managed to use shared resources if the Chrome was already open and not be a giant memory hog. That's the biggest downside to Electron I see. You can create some fast performant UIs in it, but just a blank view is a big memory hit.

This should be made into an Electron app with load/save, and then sell licenses to it for $50 USD. ;)

by sbjs 8y ago

This should be made into an Electron app with load/save, and then sell licenses to it for $50 USD. ;)

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wodenokoto 8y ago

For something like this, if you want low memory, use a piece of paper! I imagine this is something you either have showing on a screen on the wall next to your dashboard, or open when you need to look at it. In either case, electron won't stop you or bottle-neck your system :)

nojvek 8y ago

I’m really bummed Chrome discontinued Chrome apps. Basically what I really want is to be able to make electron like desktop apps but not ship and load an entire browser with it. Chrome apps were light weight and you could do a lot of desktop like things with it. Progressive web apps are nice but there’s a ton of things lacking.

sbjs 8y ago
Chrome apps always felt weird to me. They're not really separate from Chrome, but they.. live outside Chrome? And you have to launch them like a real app? Even though they're not real apps. It's just so weird. I would prefer an Electron app any day over those weird Chrome app things.
corobo 8y ago
I know it's not exactly what you're looking for but for personal use anyone else wanting this sort of thing, this is how I display sites as apps (Google Calendar, Todoist) google-chrome --app="https://sbussard.github.io/canvas-sketch/" https://sbussard.github.io/canvas-sketch/" Replace google-chrome for the correct binary for your system
kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
There is still Qt WebEngine as a "lite" Electron. Or if that is too objectionable you can use the WebView interface with a users browser and let the app run as a background process.
- sbjs 8y ago
  Electron (while inside Atom) started out its life as a WebView from WebKit.framework, but they realized there are too many downsides to that. So they forked Chromium to add it to a Node process and wired it into Node's libuv, which is all Electron really is. So yes it's heavier weight, but now you have Developer Tools built in.
  - nojvek 8y ago
    What would be really awesome is if Electron somehow managed to use shared resources if the Chrome was already open and not be a giant memory hog. That's the biggest downside to Electron I see. You can create some fast performant UIs in it, but just a blank view is a big memory hit.