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Slack, Whatsapp, Discord, and Skype, pick any two and I don't think it's unusual.
by wlesieutre 6y ago
Slack, Whatsapp, Discord, and Skype, pick any two and I don't think it's unusual.
- ibejoeb 6y agoNever measured whatsapp but it's really pretty performant. Is it heavy? Slack and discord, on the other hand, are real drags.
- jcelerier 6y ago> Never measured whatsapp but it's really pretty performant are we really talking about the same whatsapp ? it takes a good 4 seconds to load here. I don't remember ever waiting for MSN Messenger to load, on potato-powered computers.
- mesid 6y agoI think that's because it's trying to connect to your phone since that's where the messages etc are stored.
- djsumdog 6y agoElectron is cancer .. but Skype is native (for now, at least on Linux. Although I'm sure they'll switch to the Teams codebase and Skype native will disappear forever too)
- wlesieutre 6y agoIs that recent? It definitely used to be Electron https://www.codepicky.com/hacking-electron-restyle-skype/ https://www.codepicky.com/hacking-electron-restyle-skype/
- vetinari 6y agoSkype 7 was native; Skype 8 is Electron. So is Teams.
- mesid 6y agoElectron is recent. What are good and widely used cross platform application frameworks other than electron?
- isatty 6y agoQt?
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI'm not saying your wrong, but this is such a catch-22. When people complain about Electron apps, the response is always "modern computers have so much memory anyway, it's fine!" But then when a manufacturer introduces a computer with slightly less memory (but still a perfectly reasonable amount) the big question is whether it can run all those Electron apps! Is there a way to break the cycle? This isn't good!