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I myself use Paw [0] because it's native to MacOS, but I'm a little bit worried for it's longevity as it being supported by a SaaS business. But so far it's bee

I myself use Paw [0] because it's native to MacOS, but I'm a little bit worried for it's longevity as it being supported by a SaaS business. But so far it's been great to document API for my personal projects. [0]: https://paw.cloud/ https://paw.cloud/

jurassicfoxy 3y ago
Second vote for Paw. I also was not happy about the buyout. It has some quirks, but pretty awesome overall.
aPoCoMiLogin 3y ago
the extensions and ability to write your own extensions, or chain request/response values is crazy. when i've switched to linux box from macos last year, paw.cloud (rapidapi) was one of few stoppers for me, that good of a software it is. also not to mention the integration with keychain for credentials encryption was nice. postman is really bad, nobody should use it. same goes for similar solutions, even this one.
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mberning 3y ago
Quickly turning into abandonware. I tried moving my paw library from one computer to another and it crashes opening the file. Had to start from scratch.
thijsvandien 3y ago
Never "upgraded" from 3.4.0 and never going to. For now it works fine, but at some point I'm going to need to switch...
ho_schi 3y ago
I’m envy? I’m hoping for a native GUI application for Linux. Electron looks ugly, it doesn’t integrate, fails to handle HiDPI usually, in best case it eats a ridiculous amount of memory (factor 5x compared to native) and in worst case it has security issues due to Blink and lot of JS. Electron is Flash for the Desktop.
- reddalo 3y ago
  I agree. Whenever I can choose between a webapp/Electron or a native app, I'll always go with the native app.
- ozim 3y ago
  Electron is the only cross platform UI that is open and using web standards that are not tied to a single company. It is exactly the opposite of flash.
  - zogrodea 3y ago
    The person being replied to was talking about technical aspects similar between the two (functionality like HiDPI and performance) while you're mentioning socially-oriented differences. I would say both statements are true but that what the authors of each statement value is different.
    - ozim 3y ago
      Writing it is just like Flash is a statement that Electron should be dropped and never used by anyone. Which I disagree with and provide my argument to show that any technical inconveniences parent poster noted, are not enough to say “Electron should be trashed and razed out”.
- Shorel 3y ago
  Ohh, I wish it was only a factor of five. It would even be acceptable! Discord the Electron app uses 1.2 GB of RAM. Ripcord the compiled client uses about 30 MB of RAM. That's a factor of over 42 times.

jurassicfoxy 3y ago

Second vote for Paw. I also was not happy about the buyout. It has some quirks, but pretty awesome overall.

aPoCoMiLogin 3y ago

the extensions and ability to write your own extensions, or chain request/response values is crazy. when i've switched to linux box from macos last year, paw.cloud (rapidapi) was one of few stoppers for me, that good of a software it is. also not to mention the integration with keychain for credentials encryption was nice. postman is really bad, nobody should use it. same goes for similar solutions, even this one.

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mberning 3y ago

Quickly turning into abandonware. I tried moving my paw library from one computer to another and it crashes opening the file. Had to start from scratch.

thijsvandien 3y ago

Never "upgraded" from 3.4.0 and never going to. For now it works fine, but at some point I'm going to need to switch...

ho_schi 3y ago

I’m envy? I’m hoping for a native GUI application for Linux. Electron looks ugly, it doesn’t integrate, fails to handle HiDPI usually, in best case it eats a ridiculous amount of memory (factor 5x compared to native) and in worst case it has security issues due to Blink and lot of JS. Electron is Flash for the Desktop.

reddalo 3y ago
I agree. Whenever I can choose between a webapp/Electron or a native app, I'll always go with the native app.
ozim 3y ago
Electron is the only cross platform UI that is open and using web standards that are not tied to a single company. It is exactly the opposite of flash.
- zogrodea 3y ago
  The person being replied to was talking about technical aspects similar between the two (functionality like HiDPI and performance) while you're mentioning socially-oriented differences. I would say both statements are true but that what the authors of each statement value is different.
  - ozim 3y ago
    Writing it is just like Flash is a statement that Electron should be dropped and never used by anyone. Which I disagree with and provide my argument to show that any technical inconveniences parent poster noted, are not enough to say “Electron should be trashed and razed out”.
Shorel 3y ago
Ohh, I wish it was only a factor of five. It would even be acceptable! Discord the Electron app uses 1.2 GB of RAM. Ripcord the compiled client uses about 30 MB of RAM. That's a factor of over 42 times.