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So refreshing to see a nice desktop app built without Electron. A well defined interface, designed specifically for the platform the author targeted. Major props to the author!
So refreshing to see a nice desktop app built without Electron. A well defined interface, designed specifically for the platform the author targeted. Major props to the author!
I'm confused by this comment. This app does not seem to be built using Electron. Nobody has contradicted you so maybe I'm missing something here.
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I think this marks why Hacker News is biased against Electron. I really appreciate your eager to develop desktop applications, but Electron apps are _not_ native. It brings web technologies to the desktop. This is clearly an advantage for web developers, as it, as you just said, lowers the barrier to entry. Custom UIs are in my opinion also much easier to develop using Electron - this is exactly what HTML/CSS/JS were…
Technically speaking, HTML was designed for reading and sharing scientific documents, CSS was meant for styling documents in minor ways, and JS was slapped on to compete with web "web applets" made by Microsoft and Sun.
Web development has ballooned into a capable, flexible and highly complex beast. It is evolving (understatement) but it can be used to produce very complex apps now, witness the Google productivity apps.
All that said, true native apps provide a superior user experience if done well.