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> It's also with chrome super easy to open a page without the normal browser UI that looks like an app Yeah that's what Electron is. > add a .desktop file and

> It's also with chrome super easy to open a page without the normal browser UI that looks like an app Yeah that's what Electron is. > add a .desktop file and presto it's an app So Chrome has turned the .url into a .desktop and ruined what .desktop means. Neat. > it would actually be superior in many respects Few, not many. And those respects are garbage because it's a still a web app masquerading as something it's not.

michaelmrose 5y ago
Electron is like its own possibly out of data copy of chromium packaged with other resources. This means that it shares little with the installed browser and will consume 300MB-1GB of ram itself. I do not suggest a web app is an adequate replacement for a native application but rather that a website may be a superior alternative to electron as it uses fewer resources while providing a similar UI for some applications.