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For years, people complained that Linux was left out of the equation when apps were released. Then electron came along that made it super easy to be cross-platf

For years, people complained that Linux was left out of the equation when apps were released. Then electron came along that made it super easy to be cross-platform with a performance loss. Now people complain that it's not written natively which seems silly for a calendar app. It's not like performance or look-and-feel is a huge issue. If they made it natively, people would complain it doesn't have a command-line API.

nexuist 8y ago
To be fair...a command line API is arguably one of the easier features to add to an existing GUI program. Certainly easier than achieving cross platform compatibility. People have suggestions to add to everything. That doesn't mean that it's bad, just that it could be better. In software, "Best" will forever be a temporary title.
EduardoBautista 8y ago
When people asked for Linux support, I don't think they meant make poor performing apps for everyone in exchange.
TheCraiggers 8y ago
There are quite a number of cross-platform GUI libraries out there, and they've been options for decades, without performance loss. AFAIK, the only thing that Elecron brings to the equation is the ability to use web languages that more people are familiar with to work in it, instead of yet another language. This trade-off came with a pretty huge downside in the form of a bloated parser though.
andoriyu 8y ago
> It's not like performance or look-and-feel is a huge issue. Well, the calendar is unusable on my macbook, while iCal bundled with macOS has no issues. So guess which one I'm going to use?