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The prospect of a native client for Signal excites me. I've never been a big fan of their electron app.
by babypuncher 8y ago
The prospect of a native client for Signal excites me. I've never been a big fan of their electron app.
- jandrese 8y agoYeah, I tried the native Linux app for Signal and while it works its also a huge resource hog. So much so that my machine started swapping when I had a browser open alongside it. For what is effectively AIM + encryption. This is the future that people warned us about back when Node.js was new.
- basch 8y agoAt some point will blink/node need to be expected parts of the operating system to undo this mess?
- entropicdrifter 8y agoMore likely people will start developing with compiled languages, compiling down to WebAssembly, then still use Electron for the UI end just for the cross platform support.
- basch 8y agoThat doesnt really address what I said. I was saying, the underlying components will need to be built into the OS, for battery life and memory reuse purposes. So you dont end up with 50 slightly different copies of blink/node running at the same time. Blink/node are what are powering electron.
- kitsunesoba 8y agoYep, Signal sounds great in theory but there’s no way I can commit to a service with no client that takes desktop users seriously.