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I disagree that Spotify is a good Electron app (and I've never used Slack so I can't comment on that). I run Spotify on my work computer (Windows) and at home o
by joemi 8y ago
I disagree that Spotify is a good Electron app (and I've never used Slack so I can't comment on that). I run Spotify on my work computer (Windows) and at home on my Mac and it's extremely resource heavy on both of them, and I often get various weird issues. It's the primary reason I've been moving back iTunes a bit, actually. I never knew it was Electron until now, and I think that explains why I've always hated the Spotify programs on both platforms I've used it on.
- tomjakubowski 8y agoI don't think Spotify is Electron. They use CEF (and sponsor its development), and client side app code is primarily in webviews, but they've been doing that for much longer than Electron has existed. And for what it's worth, I have never been dissatisfied with Spotify's client performance on any platform (Win/Mac/Gnu+Linux+XOrg/iOS).
- solarkraft 8y agoElectron seems to have become equivalent in meaning to "this uses the web and is sluggish as fuck". I barely recognize VSCode as an Electron app, btw, it's so fast. They're doing something right.
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- joemi 8y agoWell then I guess it's objectively not a good Electron app, in that case.
- thanatropism 8y agoYou're already looking at a web browser, open tab to open.spotify.com is easier than finding an app on your computer.
- deckard1 8y agoI'd also disagree Slack is a good app. I've used it, Spotify, and a few others. I never understood the point. You're running a web page. It feels like a web page. It drains your resources just like a web page. Just because your web page runs in a window that doesn't have your web browser window frame doesn't make it native. It's a pointless exercise of tomfoolery. Not to mention you have to install and update an app now. It's not even as convenient as the web.