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Hi, please don't take this the wrong way I develop neither native apps, nor electron apps, I'm just curious. Is the hostility towards electron mostly from native app developers who are feeling their value diminished, and/or their careers threatened by the advent of electron? Is this love for 'develop separately for 3 different platforms' backed by some practical/rational thinking? Edit: Also I feel your analogy is a…

> Is the hostility towards electron mostly from native app developers who are feeling their value diminished, and/or their careers threatened by the advent of electron? I'm a web developer (though backend these days) myself. My hostility towards Electron is purely as an end-user. > Is this love for 'develop separately for 3 different platforms' backed by some practical/rational thinking? Performance, memory, speed, f…

It's not speed so much as cost. Native means developing the app 2-3 times over with different languages, apis, and patterns.

There is no reason for it to be this way other than vendor desire for lock in. In the end what the vendors will get is the web eating the desktop. Serves them right.

Re: MedleyText

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is there anything out there that beats a good old paper notebook and a pen? The lack of backups is bad but I can't find anything else where I can put down the notes and ideas in the format I want and draw pictures and diagrams in my notes. Everything else just falls short.
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