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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by codezero on Friday July 15, 2016 @02:00PM (#12102740)
On my system, a long running Slack process uses about as much memory as a Finder window.
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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by pablovidal85 on Friday July 15, 2016 @07:23PM (#12104429)
On mac, slack uses macgap, not electron.
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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by joshmanders on Saturday July 16, 2016 @11:27AM (#12106650)
Was this a recent change? Because electron's homepage[0] still shows that Slack was built on it.

[0]: http://electron.atom.io/

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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by pablovidal85 on Saturday July 16, 2016 @04:40PM (#12107808)
On windows (and I guess on linux) they use electron.
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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by wtetzner on Friday July 15, 2016 @03:40PM (#12103320)
But what about power usage? Battery life is important.
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Re:HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal by codezero on Friday July 15, 2016 @04:28PM (#12103615)
I can't say I've measured it quantitatively, but it doesn't appear to have a huge effect, but I also don't need to be untethered all day long.

When I check the battery status on my Mac, only Chrome is listed in the "Apps that use significant energy" list.

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