In my opinion, the article serves its purpose: It polarizes. And quite rightly so. While it is relatively easy to develop portable websites, this does not work

In my opinion, the article serves its purpose: It polarizes. And quite rightly so. While it is relatively easy to develop portable websites, this does not work for real Applications in most cases. After researching how to create a GUI in Java, QT, GTK+, etc., I found out for myself that a platform-independent GUI design can be a difficult topic, especially when it comes to GREAT usability. I don't think, that Electron Apps provide GREAT usability - they do their job and are cheap to produce. In a world where JavaScript and browser technologies are used to justify low maintenance costs, better portability and the lack of skills, it can be helpful to critically question the arguments for it, which the author does. Especially when this attitude only shifts costs from the manufacturer to the customer, e.g. under the time-to-market aspect. While the manufacturer is saving time and money, the users and customers pay for it. And this is the real argument for me - manufacturers want to save costs. Costs for: - qualified staff - maintenance - portable applications - time to market In my opinion the only way prevent more and more Web-Based GUIs is doing it better and being successful with it - not an easy task. So thank you for this polarizing but interesting article.