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Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search
by junon 5y ago
Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names?
Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
- zombieprocess 5y agoI agree. Why would I download an app for something that can be done in a browser?
- mritchie712 5y agoalso, something you will do a couple times at most a year.
- docuru 5y agoWhy not browser? As mention in the other comment, I've been using some web-based tools. Somehow, they don't last (ie. namemesh, or domainsfortherestofus that @pwdisswordfish8 mention went offline for sometimes). Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For long term, you don't have to worry the site is down.
- junon 5y agoHow would you meaningfully use this tool in offline mode?
- docuru 5y agoNot using it offline, definitely need the internet. What I meant was, you don't have to worry if the tool you're using suddenly disappears.
- indigodaddy 5y agoI have no idea how people aren’t getting this. People, if the website that the tool is hosted on is down or gone, then you are dead out of water. That’s why he made a local tool. Get it?
- junon 5y agoYes, though electron still isn't required.
- indigodaddy 5y agoI don’t necessarily disagree with you on that point.
- docuru 5y agoThe code can't run with only client JS. It needs a backend. ElectronJS allows running NodeJS as backend. I tried React Native (only support JS on the client-side, need to build native modules to run some core functions for languages), Flutter (a few missing utilities, not so familiar). I have answer why a desktop app in other comments so I won't repeat. Electron is the best fit in this situation.
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- smoldesu 5y agoHow can you be mad? They offer Linux support for chistsake.
- KGNKNGQ 5y agoI mean, just don't use it?
- junon 5y agoMm yes the old "criticism isn't valid unless it's positive" approach.
- idkhowtobe 5y agoNo, you're simply not the target market, which is the reason why your criticism is discounted. The target market appears to be people who want an app that will still work if OP decides at some point he no longer wants to build/operate the service. They can still fire up the electron app. It's a valid choice that you needn't agree with.
- junon 5y agoYou can achieve this without electron. My criticism had nothing to do with that use-case. The whole concept of "discounting criticism" based on... what, exactly? is preposterous.
- sevensunsets 5y agoeh, the idea is cool. but I'm not downloading an application just for a simple use case that a website could take care of. (Otherwise I'd have a bunch of unnecessary apps I use rarely or not at all after the first one or few times. This is what happened with phone apps-- the phone app market got saturated and people rapidly stopped caring about phone apps). Instead, I'd add your "Look up <some value proposition> domain name" website's link to a document I have on resources for marketing-- a document that includes links to business name generators. But an app? Nah. That's overkill: Your app does not need access to my computer. I'll find an alternative (hosted online) and use it instead.
- Sn0wCoder 5y agoI could be wrong but just firing up a modern web browser is going to use more ram than that. Theoretically if you shut down the browser and opened the app you would be using less ram? Personably would not be worried about ram on a modern device and electron apps run on most OS’s so a good choice overall.