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It basically is an Electron app; most of the UI is server-driven. It's just not HTML and js. News, Books, and TV are all similar.
by kyralis 2y ago
It basically is an Electron app; most of the UI is server-driven. It's just not HTML and js.
News, Books, and TV are all similar.
- hnthrowaway0315 2y agoJust curious, why did they decide to use Electron instead of native? After all those are Apple MacOS software.
- webdever 2y agoIt's not electron, but it is a WebKit view (HTML based) So is the App store on all platforms AFAICT.
- hnthrowaway0315 2y agoThanks. MSFT at least is using C# though.
- saagarjha 2y agoIt's not a web view except for some of the account-related screens.
- jeffhuys 2y agoDo you have a source for that? Because that's news to me...
- kyralis 2y agoIt's not actually Electron; it's a bit of an unholy mishmash of webkit doing layout of things that are sometimes native views with interaction handling that's also a bit of both. It just has many of the same problems that that Electron apps have, which is also why the interactions are so janky.
- trinix912 2y agoSo it’s like those late 90s ActiveX IE iframes in Windows programs all over again? That sucks. iTunes did seem to have some of it too in the Store section.
- seec 2y agoYep and they all suck. The hardware is nice but why do you pay so much to run shitty software that does not even focus on local stuff? If I want some cloud stuff, Google is cheaper... It's like buying a car because it looks very nice and has a great engine but the driving experience is absolutely terrible.