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I wish people understood that (especially when it comes to FOSS, but even for proprietary software), convenience = more features. With Electron, shipping a Linu
by morpheuskafka 8y ago
I wish people understood that (especially when it comes to FOSS, but even for proprietary software), convenience = more features. With Electron, shipping a Linux desktop app after writing the Windows/macOS one is almost no extra effort. Meanwhile, asking a developer with <1% Linux users to rewrite a Windows Forms app into GTK is not going to happen.
- EduardoBautista 8y agoMaking the experience worse for 99% of users just so that the other 1% can have an app on their desktop that works the same way in their browsers is a horrible idea.
- ahartmetz 8y agoHey, I'd be fine with Slack being completely unavailable for Linux. I don't think any of the places where I have to use it currently would use it in that case.