Ask HN: Are there any startups making desktop apps?

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 30, 2015, 3:35 PM UTC

pc86 wrote: post #79

egfx wrote: post #54

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I have used Breeze and it works beautifully. It is a bit complex but the results give you a very native like experience. Ward Bell talks about it briefly here: http://www.viddler.com/v/94a02c0f There are a few google talks about it on youtube too if you look. It's great for enterprise.

The fact that you even have to use phrases like "a very native like experience" should be enough to show you that JS+HTML5 is not yet enough.

Post by jimbobob » Fri, May 01, 2015, 1:40 AM UTC

s_dev wrote: post #50

ohitsdom wrote: post #15

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Slack's desktop client is really just a wrapper around a web browser.

Spotify and Skype come to mind as well.