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Just want to thank you for not writing this app in Electron. We need more such examples of using proper desktop app frameworks for writing desktop apps.

trevyn 6y ago
Mhm. >Hey, I'm the developer of Cozy and I just noticed that Cozy got posted here and people are trying it on macOS. The version linked in the README was a very old version of Cozy which I tested on macOS 10.14. It was quite a hassle to build and it was not stable. Sadly it's a lot of work to package a GTK app for macOS, therefore I discontinued building it but I didn't update the readme. Sorry for anyone who tried it and got disappointed! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24397232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24397232
dtech 6y ago
A bit ironic that you made this comment, and then the author mentioned in this thread that Mac OS support is discontinued because it was too much work to maintain. Which probably wouldn't have been such an issue with electron.
- quadrifoliate 6y ago
  It might be ironic, but overall I think it's fine that it wasn't written in Electron. For a user-specific application like a player, I would rather use a desktop app developed exclusively for a specific OS or set of OSes that works well with those. There are millions of Mac apps that have no equivalent on Linux, so I'm glad to see a developer focusing exclusively on Linux. Electron for cross-platform apps works well when you are going to be forced into using it as a web client anyway due to proprietary platform lock-in, e.g. Slack.
- est31 6y ago
  Note that using electron is no guarantee that you'll be able to target apple devices, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21437255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21437255 Currently the best way to build something for Apple devices (outside of owning Apple hardware) seems to be usage of CI.
krageon 6y ago
It's gotten to the point where I don't even look at projects anymore until I can find comments that confirm there isn't any electron involved.

trevyn 6y ago

Mhm. >Hey, I'm the developer of Cozy and I just noticed that Cozy got posted here and people are trying it on macOS. The version linked in the README was a very old version of Cozy which I tested on macOS 10.14. It was quite a hassle to build and it was not stable. Sadly it's a lot of work to package a GTK app for macOS, therefore I discontinued building it but I didn't update the readme. Sorry for anyone who tried it and got disappointed! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24397232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24397232

dtech 6y ago

A bit ironic that you made this comment, and then the author mentioned in this thread that Mac OS support is discontinued because it was too much work to maintain. Which probably wouldn't have been such an issue with electron.

quadrifoliate 6y ago
It might be ironic, but overall I think it's fine that it wasn't written in Electron. For a user-specific application like a player, I would rather use a desktop app developed exclusively for a specific OS or set of OSes that works well with those. There are millions of Mac apps that have no equivalent on Linux, so I'm glad to see a developer focusing exclusively on Linux. Electron for cross-platform apps works well when you are going to be forced into using it as a web client anyway due to proprietary platform lock-in, e.g. Slack.
est31 6y ago
Note that using electron is no guarantee that you'll be able to target apple devices, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21437255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21437255 Currently the best way to build something for Apple devices (outside of owning Apple hardware) seems to be usage of CI.

krageon 6y ago

It's gotten to the point where I don't even look at projects anymore until I can find comments that confirm there isn't any electron involved.