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Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by dcre »

sshine wrote: post #17
wubrr wrote: post #16

Took a look at the homepage ( https://v2.tauri.app/ )... and basically have no idea what this is or why I would use it. Consider adding something more informative than 'Hardened foundation for your web apps', and maybe an 'About' page.

I clicked “Get started…” and saw this: > What is Tauri? > Tauri is a framework for building tiny, fast binaries for all major desktop and mobile platforms. Developers can integrate any frontend framework that compiles to HTML, JavaScript, and CSS for building their user experience while leveraging languages such as Rust, Swift, and Kotlin for backend logic when needed. This ought to be on the front page.

I agree. The v1 front page says this, which is ok but much less clear: “Build an optimized, secure, and frontend-independent application for multi-platform deployment.”

Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by traveler1 »

ktosobcy wrote: post #20
kayson wrote: post #2

I've been following tauri for a bit. It seems very cool and interesting but I've always wondered - what are the use cases for putting your app in a webview instead of using the browser? Everything I've thought of would work just as well.

Sadly instead of having native apps we have "web" monstrosities... each sporting custom "fancy" UI instead of following the OS native style…

Because WinUI and QT are so glamorous and offer a super intuitive development experience. /s

Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by sva_ »

wubrr wrote: post #16

Took a look at the homepage ( https://v2.tauri.app/ )... and basically have no idea what this is or why I would use it. Consider adding something more informative than 'Hardened foundation for your web apps', and maybe an 'About' page.

Electron replacement

Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by TheCleric »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #8
kayson wrote: post #2

I've been following tauri for a bit. It seems very cool and interesting but I've always wondered - what are the use cases for putting your app in a webview instead of using the browser? Everything I've thought of would work just as well.

Can anyone explain what Tauri or webviews offer that makes them a good choice over a local-http-server webapps? Imo, as a user, Webview, no thanks. Local webapps, yes please. There really isn't a good reason for webviews or electron/tauri that I can tell? Why some people love love love native apps, to the extent they'd rather a dressed up webapps is confusing to me. If it's already a webapps, hell yeah give me the us…

You are absolutely the exception there, especially if you are talking about an average low tech user.

Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by FFFXXX »

IshKebab wrote: post #14
lwhsiao wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it not lighter weight?

Not lighter weight than a website because it is a website. The only advantages are you can ship parts of your app as native code, and you aren't constrained by the browser permission model.

One interesting usecase is that you can run a tauri app without any webview windows just as a system tray icon and only spawn a webview window when necessary.

This kind of makes it way more lightweight but only in some situations (obv. heavily depending on the functionality of the app).

Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by EasyMark »

kayson wrote: post #2

I've been following tauri for a bit. It seems very cool and interesting but I've always wondered - what are the use cases for putting your app in a webview instead of using the browser? Everything I've thought of would work just as well.

I have too. I think the big deal is easy to do cross platform + reuse your javascript/css skills for gui + lower memory footprint than electron apps. I'm waiting until I see some major apps done in it.

Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by vunderba »

kayson wrote: post #2

I've been following tauri for a bit. It seems very cool and interesting but I've always wondered - what are the use cases for putting your app in a webview instead of using the browser? Everything I've thought of would work just as well.

It makes more of a difference for the end-user then the developer necessarily.

An end-user can continue to use your electron/tauri app for years after a website has long since vanished into the infinite void.

But vunderba you think to yourself and also how did I know what you were thinking just call me the amazing kreskin, "what about a PWA? - you can use that off-line".

PWAs give the deceptive illusion to the laymen that they're installing an actual application as opposed to just a bunch of ephemeral stuff thrown inside the user data folder of the respective browser.

Re: Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate

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Post by runevault »

FFFXXX wrote: post #26
IshKebab wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not lighter weight than a website because it is a website. The only advantages are you can ship parts of your app as native code, and you aren't constrained by the browser permission model.

One interesting usecase is that you can run a tauri app without any webview windows just as a system tray icon and only spawn a webview window when necessary. This kind of makes it way more lightweight but only in some situations (obv. heavily depending on the functionality of the app).

Would this be for a service style app that happens to have a UI when you need to configure it? If so that's an... interesting idea, but considering the UI is less important I'd probably mind it less (as someone who is not a fan of Electron apps).
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