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I agree with a lot of the points in this article but I think the ship has long since sailed, it seems very unlikely to me that companies will revert to native f
by djhworld 3y ago
I agree with a lot of the points in this article but I think the ship has long since sailed, it seems very unlikely to me that companies will revert to native frameworks over electron/chromium, the incentives are not there.
- zokier 3y ago"Native" is not really the right thing to look in here. As the article notes, even Windows built-in apps like calculator (/notepad/explorer/paint) are still "native" to some degree (certainly not electron based) and nevertheless dog-slow compared to their predecessors.
- anthk 3y agoAny Windows users should have switched to something like Qalculate. Or the calculator from ReactOS, which is virtually the same and it would run and look native under Windows.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 3y agoOk. Can we at least revert to sanity in the FOSS realm then? My guess is no, since for many writing FOSS software is just a way to hone their saleable skills for BigCorp where they'll spend their days finding new creative ways to put ads in front of people's eyes.
- rirze 3y agoThere's a new wave of C++/Rust GUI libraries that are looking to be the frontier of bridging the gap from cross-platform -> native frameworks. If that bet pays off, we might have an alternative to Electron. Would be a couple of years down the road however.