3 ms·
Don't get me wrong, Electron has a lot of issues. I think Slack should switch toolkits. But I don't see how we argue that a famously poorly implemented app is s
by KirinDave 8y ago
Don't get me wrong, Electron has a lot of issues. I think Slack should switch toolkits. But I don't see how we argue that a famously poorly implemented app is somehow indicative of the entire space of GUI apps and that a space equally fraught with UX issues is somehow obviously better.
Especally when we have excellent examples like VS Code, which is cheerfully giving neovim and emacs a run for their money and displacing longtime contenders like sublime, because it's genuinely quite good and plenty fast enough for most folks.
- npunt 8y agoYeah this was my takeaway as well. Category error - author didn't like electron apps, and therefore wants to dump GUIs in favor of terminals (which would slowly become GUIs with his improvements).
- madeofpalk 8y agoSlack's problems have zero to do with Electron.
- KirinDave 8y agoI think maybe it's security problems have something to do with Electron. However, I agree Slack's got a lot of issues that are just bad implementation choices.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]