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I still don't understand what people's hate for electron is. As someone who uses Windows, Linux and on occasion a mac it generally means you get a fairly consis

I still don't understand what people's hate for electron is. As someone who uses Windows, Linux and on occasion a mac it generally means you get a fairly consistent experience across all platforms and often it also means the linux version doesn't actually suck or you actually get linux support in the first place. Which is always a big plus for me. Also I feel like the performance is decent at this point. For a fully featured app the difference to other frameworks is not that large any more.

jurip 5y ago
I'm sure it's great for someone who uses multiple platforms. But if you use only one platform, the apps will feel off. As for performance: it's not horrible, but the memory usage is.
mozey 5y ago
Recently switched to VSCode from Jetbrains IDEs on MacBook Air M1, amazed at how much faster my editor boots up, and generally also more responsive. Haven't noticed any memory issues either, I only have 8GB RAM
- simondotau 5y ago
  Just when you thought the cycle of slower software gobbling up the gains of faster CPUs couldn't possibly continue forever...
  - mozey 5y ago
    Maybe, but I regularly go two days on battery now. That's something I've never experienced with a laptop before. Notwithstanding inefficient software
- ptx 5y ago
  How recently? If you installed IntelliJ during 2020 it didn't have native ARM support yet[1], and had to be reinstalled to get it, so it would have been running in emulation. [1] https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/12/intellij-idea-2020-3-1/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/12/intellij-idea-2020-3...
  - mozey 5y ago
    I was using the ARM version, by slow I mean I can see the splash screen for a couple of seconds. Whereas VSCode starts up instantly. I've got `alias c='code .'`, typically I open the editor from iTerm2 the same way I would use vi. IntelliJ is still more advanced in many ways. I guess the point I was trying to make is that Electron looks like a better platform for cross platform apps compared to JVM. Also, many NeoVim plugins are using component from VSCode, and the other way around.
aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago
>As someone who uses Windows, Linux Yeah, your tolerance for inconsistent UX is much higher than longtime macOS users.
- Dah00n 5y ago
  Mac has lots and lots of inconsistencies too. Some apps, like Music.app, is also pretty much an Apple version of electron. The inconsistencies aren't better on Mac, just different ones.
  - pseudalopex 5y ago
    Long time macOS users haven't tolerated Music.app well either.
dnh44 5y ago
I’ve got two macs, one from 2016 with 8gb of ram. Running a single electron app on that computer results in the rest of the system becoming totally unresponsive making any sort of multitasking impossible.
tpush 5y ago
It's generally just a tiny portion of hard core Mac fans. The vast, vast majority of users (most of which use Windows) doesn't care at all.

jurip 5y ago

I'm sure it's great for someone who uses multiple platforms. But if you use only one platform, the apps will feel off. As for performance: it's not horrible, but the memory usage is.

mozey 5y ago

Recently switched to VSCode from Jetbrains IDEs on MacBook Air M1, amazed at how much faster my editor boots up, and generally also more responsive. Haven't noticed any memory issues either, I only have 8GB RAM

simondotau 5y ago
Just when you thought the cycle of slower software gobbling up the gains of faster CPUs couldn't possibly continue forever...
- mozey 5y ago
  Maybe, but I regularly go two days on battery now. That's something I've never experienced with a laptop before. Notwithstanding inefficient software
ptx 5y ago
How recently? If you installed IntelliJ during 2020 it didn't have native ARM support yet[1], and had to be reinstalled to get it, so it would have been running in emulation. [1] https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/12/intellij-idea-2020-3-1/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/12/intellij-idea-2020-3...
- mozey 5y ago
  I was using the ARM version, by slow I mean I can see the splash screen for a couple of seconds. Whereas VSCode starts up instantly. I've got `alias c='code .'`, typically I open the editor from iTerm2 the same way I would use vi. IntelliJ is still more advanced in many ways. I guess the point I was trying to make is that Electron looks like a better platform for cross platform apps compared to JVM. Also, many NeoVim plugins are using component from VSCode, and the other way around.

aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago

>As someone who uses Windows, Linux Yeah, your tolerance for inconsistent UX is much higher than longtime macOS users.

Dah00n 5y ago
Mac has lots and lots of inconsistencies too. Some apps, like Music.app, is also pretty much an Apple version of electron. The inconsistencies aren't better on Mac, just different ones.
- pseudalopex 5y ago
  Long time macOS users haven't tolerated Music.app well either.

dnh44 5y ago

I’ve got two macs, one from 2016 with 8gb of ram. Running a single electron app on that computer results in the rest of the system becoming totally unresponsive making any sort of multitasking impossible.

tpush 5y ago

It's generally just a tiny portion of hard core Mac fans. The vast, vast majority of users (most of which use Windows) doesn't care at all.