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This is a huge release. Supporting PWA installation cross-platform provides a viable alternative to Electron-style bloat for many apps, and shipping SGX is usef
by reissbaker 8y ago
This is a huge release. Supporting PWA installation cross-platform provides a viable alternative to Electron-style bloat for many apps, and shipping SGX is useful for anyone who dislikes the AMP UX. Kudos to the Chrome team.
- devwastaken 8y agoOnly for the 'apps' which are just websites but use electron because they want an installer. If you need native access, pwa is not it and won't be.
- Lord_Zero 8y agoPWAs are getting more and more native access every day. File System access is a planned feature.
- c0l0 8y agoOh $deity. If this is for real, we're all doomed.
- dman 8y agoFor the category of apps I work on, this will finally make the browser a real alternative. (I need access to fast local IO).
- devwastaken 8y agosandboxed file system access. People use electron because they need things like registry keys, reading/writing files from anywhere on the system, interaction with specific kernal functions, and tons of things browsers cannot give anywhere the same flexibility to without becoming a major vector for malware. Not to mention a lot of electron apps, like Spotify, use their own c++ libs, like Spotify json, because browser perf sucks. You cannot sandbox and have native access, full stop.
- ymolodtsov 8y agoIt's sad that Chrome gestures and shortcuts don't work in those.