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> We want web apps to work as well as Native applications This is fundamentally impossible.

• JonAtkinson 7y ago
  Why?
  • stingraycharles 7y ago
    Not the parent, but I suppose he is referring to the fact that it’s another layer of indirection, and solve different problems. It’s akin to saying “we want C to work as well as ASM”, which is kind of like comparing apples to oranges.
• chrisstpierre 7y ago
  That’s not what I mean, really. Chrome book already has a non-negligible market share. Practically everything is a “web app” already. Sure, there are going to be use cases for lower level native software, but in reference to Electron I think it’s obvious that we are better off getting things to run better in the first place. Obviously Browsers weren’t originally designed to work this way, but it’s just how things have turned out. And developers are very familiar with html/css/JavaScript. But of course getting the major browsers to play along has always been slow Microsoft as mentioned already. But I understand why it makes sense to skip Electron in its current state