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It's popular to hate on Electron. The most common argument thrown around is "bloat". I also detect a perception among engineers that they consider Electron "the
by brandon272 5y ago
It's popular to hate on Electron. The most common argument thrown around is "bloat". I also detect a perception among engineers that they consider Electron "the easy way out" vs. maintaining strictly native apps. Reminds me of the discourse around Sharkbite fittings on plumbing forums.
I have to wonder what percentage of 1Password users know what languages or frameworks 1Password uses, much less care what languages or frameworks it uses? I assume it must be a fraction of 1%.
- kristofferR 5y agoThey're gonna know as soon as they try to configure their settings: https://twitter.com/parrots/status/1425481491245670404/photo/1 https://twitter.com/parrots/status/1425481491245670404/photo...
- brandon272 5y agoYes, if they are someone familiar with what Electron even is, which is not most people. And even among software engineers who might know and care about Electron, for what percentage of those people is Electron a dealbreaker?
- vmladenov 5y agoElectron apps are laggy and frequently lack native features whereas Cocoa apps often get them for free when the OS updates.