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The web may be backwards compatible, but the engine in the OS (e.g, WKWebView on macOS) may not see security updates and bug fixes past a certain point. In con
by Klonoar 4y ago
The web may be backwards compatible, but the engine in the OS (e.g, WKWebView on macOS) may not see security updates and bug fixes past a certain point.
In contrast, Electron will "just work" and can be deployed pretty far back in comparison.
- toastal 4y agoJust as much, many Electron-based applications aren't keeping their own engines updated and shipped. The rest starts to get philosophical: on Linux, BSD, or other libre OSs, these WebViews do get upgraded for usually a devices entire lifespan (unlike Android) and users are usually more confident in their OS's update system and maintainers to regularly do updates. Of course, you could always make it purely a PWA and pressure the likes of Mozilla to actually support hosting these sorts of apps for OSs (RIP SSB).
- Klonoar 4y agoIt’s a bit of a myth that those get upgraded. They lag significantly behind Electron (Chromium) attention-wise.