> I kind of wonder why it took this long for someone to try this approach. It just makes a whole lot more sense on the surface. As others have mentioned, this

> I kind of wonder why it took this long for someone to try this approach. It just makes a whole lot more sense on the surface. As others have mentioned, this is not the first time someone has tried. As for why people might not go for it: - Electron is Chrome. Webview is: Cocoa/WebKit, gtk-webkit2, and Edge (or is that Edge and Edge/Chrome). Yes standards have progressed a ton but there's still inconsistencies and it's nice not having to worry about them. - Electron is JS, so your app is 100% in a single language. In Webview. With these alternatives you now have to use 2 languages. Not the end of the world, but again, nice not having to deal with.