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A total rewrite almost sank Netscape[1] long ago. It's still generally a bad idea. There's an electron based mail client called Mailspring[2], and having used

by ben509 8y ago

A total rewrite almost sank Netscape[1] long ago. It's still generally a bad idea. There's an electron based mail client called Mailspring[2], and having used it for a few months, I definitely understand the antipathy towards electron. You might like it. [1]: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-... [2]: https://getmailspring.com/ https://getmailspring.com/

hallman76 8y ago
It's incredible how much this still holds true today. Thanks @spolsky!
baroffoos 8y ago
Huge rewrites of firefox are saving it today. Seems like the best way is to rewrite in chunks allowing you to use new bits in the existing application.
- ptman 8y ago
  Incremental rewrites. The netscape rewrite was started from scratch, IIRC.