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Zoom is an Electron app, meaning it effectively bundles Google Chrome, meaning it should work in any modern browser. My commom thought when I have to use such
by williamvds 4y ago
Zoom is an Electron app, meaning it effectively bundles Google Chrome, meaning it should work in any modern browser.
My commom thought when I have to use such apps is: why can't I just use this in the browser?
In some cases it's somewhat reasonable, perhaps you need global hotkeys for some reason.
In other cases the rationale it not clear. Worse, some inexplicably remove features from the web app that are available in the bundled Electron app.
I'd much rather leave these apps in my browser sandbox, than give them greater access to my system than they truly need.
- michaelmior 4y agoI still don't get the same features I get from the app. And that's fine that others prefer not to use it. I'm just a little confused why the parent comment suggests no one should use it.
- williamvds 4y agoIf I had to guess the parent commenter's rationale, they probably want people to boycott usage of such Electron apps. In the hopes that these companies would stop making them and pushing them onto their users.
- lytedev 4y agoI thought Zoom's desktop app was Qt?
- autophagian 4y agoYou are correct.