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I find the problem lies with the trade-off you are making. You are making your life as a developer easier in exchange massively increasing the resource require
by ionised 7y ago
I find the problem lies with the trade-off you are making.
You are making your life as a developer easier in exchange massively increasing the resource requirements and battery usage on end-user machines.
It's just bad practice and Electron encourages it.
I feel like if we ever want to be taken seriously as a profession the way structural or mechanical engineers are for example, then efficiency and reliability need to be primary considerations, otherwise we are basically making toys.
- jlongster 7y agoI would easily forego the niceties explained in the article if it meant there were something better. The main reason to use Electron is that I can have happy macOS, Windows, and Linux users. Apps that focus on a single platform are exclusionary.
- krzyk 7y agoYou can have that already - use web, the real one, not Electron. Everyone then can use their favorite browser for your app, not forced to use Chromium. And if you want to make an efficient desktop app, look at telegram source code.
- michannne 7y agoIf the goal was to have an online-only tool, wouldn't that have been developed from the get-go?
- jlongster 7y agoThe web's offline support sucks, and don't tell me to use service workers. Actual is a truly offline 100% local app. Most users love that they can simply launch a desktop app and it always runs no matter their network connection.