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Only 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.
by devwastaken 8y ago
Only 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.