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Using Electron is a travesty. Why not something like "sciter" ?
by theredbox 8y ago
Using Electron is a travesty. Why not something like "sciter" ?
- StellarTabi 8y agoSurely you could make a more positive contribution than mindlessly bashing the topic and assume anyone has heard of the random drive-by name drop?
- theredbox 8y agoPeople can surely utfg what sciter is in the context of a gui solution ?
- slezyr 8y agoBecause it costs at least $1000 for year?
- theredbox 8y agoYes good software costs money. Whatever is wet.
- nm2259 8y agoI've seen sciter come up in discussion on quite a few threads related to Electron and other web browser embedding systems, but I've never seen a good answer for "why not sciter", so I'll try to put some points out here: 1. Electron is open source, sciter is free as in beer only. 2. Electron implements the exact same javascript as the web, sciter implements its own js-like language. Harder to find developers with experience, and harder move your app from sciter to some other engine down the line. 3. Electron implements the exact same html/css as the web, sciter implements html/css from a few years back plus its own proprietary bolt-ons. Same problems as #2.
- paxys 8y agoMaybe because no one has ever heard of it?