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Okay. So today most desktop apps are electron. The advantage is that it allows people to make windows, Mac and Linux apps with ease. They're not going to go
by Jonnax 6y ago
Okay.
So today most desktop apps are electron.
The advantage is that it allows people to make windows, Mac and Linux apps with ease.
They're not going to go anywhere unless there is a better alternative.
Coding native is a waste of money in most cases. Especially for a chat app.
Hardware manufactures sell computers. The computers they sell need to be able to perform well on the applications that exist today.
There's no point saying the apps are shitty if the laptop they're trying to sell doesn't run well with it.
Maybe today laptops should have 16gb of ram at a minimum.
AMD's resurgence has shown Intel in some cases dropping the price of their CPUs by 50%. Maybe cheaper computers need to be more powerful.
- whywhywhywhy 6y agoThey're not going anywhere and it's only going to get more prevalent when Apple moves to ARM. Can't see Catalyst apps being a compelling alternative to the benefits of Electron to any team who has to answer to a budget. I don't agree with it ideologically because I moved to mac because I loved how Cocoa apps felt, but honestly Microsoft has the right idea in just embracing it because it isn't going anyway any time soon so best just to make sure they run well on your platform.