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will expect an Electron app. Whoops! Thanks for the warning. I'm out. Shame, too. I've been looking for a new text editor. Someone else in this thread rec

will expect an Electron app. Whoops! Thanks for the warning. I'm out. Shame, too. I've been looking for a new text editor. Someone else in this thread recommended SubEtha. I'll take a look there, instead. Happy to keep my Mac Electron-free.

tccole 3mo ago
Out of curiosity; how come?
- bityard 3mo ago
  A web browser is one of the most complex pieces of software developed by human civilization, there should be no need to ship one with each and every trivial to semi-trivial app.
- crosskayla 3mo ago
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- deleted 3mo ago
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- tetrisgm 3mo ago
  Some people think it’s bad performance and bloat. They learned it ten years ago and haven’t questioned it
  - tccole 3mo ago
    So what’s the alternative, Tauri?
    - odo1242 3mo ago
      I've made some personal custom apps with it, it works pretty well. With the latest version you can also choose what language to use on the backend side, so you aren't limited to just the original Tauri + Rust framework and can also use Tauri + Node/Typescript (still faster than Electron since you don't need to bundle Chromium + Node) or Tauri + Swift / Kotlin / Go / etc.
    - tetrisgm 2mo ago
      Both Tauri and Electron are excellent
- reaperducer 3mo ago
  Out of curiosity; how come? Speed. Efficiency. UI consistency. Cross-program features that nearly every "framework" fails at. On my macOS machines, I make an effort to only use native apps. I can't speak for what Apple ships with the OS, but AFAIK, everything I've added is native. Perhaps it's just a placebo effect, but everything on my five-year-old personal M1 MacBook Pro feels just as snappy as the mixed bag on my two-year-old work M4 MacBook Pro.
mococa 3mo ago
I can recommend Bear (https://bear.app https://bear.app) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.
- bjelkeman-again 3mo ago
  One time purchase, then I would have been interested. Yeah, a free version, but subscription…
rickylin 2mo ago
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tccole 3mo ago

Out of curiosity; how come?

bityard 3mo ago
A web browser is one of the most complex pieces of software developed by human civilization, there should be no need to ship one with each and every trivial to semi-trivial app.
crosskayla 3mo ago
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deleted 3mo ago
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tetrisgm 3mo ago
Some people think it’s bad performance and bloat. They learned it ten years ago and haven’t questioned it
- tccole 3mo ago
  So what’s the alternative, Tauri?
  - odo1242 3mo ago
    I've made some personal custom apps with it, it works pretty well. With the latest version you can also choose what language to use on the backend side, so you aren't limited to just the original Tauri + Rust framework and can also use Tauri + Node/Typescript (still faster than Electron since you don't need to bundle Chromium + Node) or Tauri + Swift / Kotlin / Go / etc.
  - tetrisgm 2mo ago
    Both Tauri and Electron are excellent
reaperducer 3mo ago
Out of curiosity; how come? Speed. Efficiency. UI consistency. Cross-program features that nearly every "framework" fails at. On my macOS machines, I make an effort to only use native apps. I can't speak for what Apple ships with the OS, but AFAIK, everything I've added is native. Perhaps it's just a placebo effect, but everything on my five-year-old personal M1 MacBook Pro feels just as snappy as the mixed bag on my two-year-old work M4 MacBook Pro.

mococa 3mo ago

I can recommend Bear (https://bear.app https://bear.app) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.

bjelkeman-again 3mo ago
One time purchase, then I would have been interested. Yeah, a free version, but subscription…

rickylin 2mo ago

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