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0 pointsMcDyver1y ago0 comments

In my opinion, the actual problem is the focus on making everything web first.

> For Electron apps, often it's the choice of having a desktop app or not having one at all.

Maybe it would be better to have none at all. Having an electron app is an excuse to say "we already have a desktop app, so we won't make a native one".

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flohofwoe1y ago

The reason why Electron has won is because native platforms couldn't be arsed to agree on a standardized native UI framework integrated into the platforms (and not just Microsoft, Apple and Google (via Android), but also 'Linux on the desktop' which is still the same fragmented mess as it ever was (arguably worse after Wayland will replace X11 any moment now).

Electron's success is strictly to blame on the desktop platform owners/maintainers dropping the ball, consistently and repeatedly for the last 3 decades (Microsoft's UI framework 'evolution' is especially hilarious, who in their right mind would write an application against a widget library that's going to be deprecated in 3 years).

aurareturn1y ago

  In my opinion, the actual problem is the focus on making everything web first.

I don't think this is a problem. Many class of products require a web version over a desktop one. The desktop one is a very nice bonus.

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