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Re:Electron considered harmful by nilliams on Thursday November 24, 2016 @04:00PM (#13032725)
> I can't see how Cocoa failed at anything.

Will my Cocoa app run on Windows, Linux and the web?

(A well-designed web app built with Electron will).

Why should any company that wants their product to be widely available invest in Cocoa developers?

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Re:Electron considered harmful by ivm on Thursday November 24, 2016 @08:14PM (#13033814)
Why should it? It focuses on its platform and does it well.

I prefer native Mac apps to cross-platform ones. Serious companies should build native apps and keep UX guidelines of each platform in mind.

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Re:Electron considered harmful by nilliams on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:25AM (#13037775)
Building an app once for each platform is not economically viable for a lot of teams, 'serious' or otherwise.
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Re:Electron considered harmful by ivm on Friday November 25, 2016 @02:24PM (#13039184)
Yes, but it's not Cocoa's problem.
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Re:Electron considered harmful by nilliams on Monday November 28, 2016 @03:12AM (#13054107)
It's Cocoa's problem because people stop using it for that reason. A toolkit no-one uses is a failure.
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Re:Electron considered harmful by ivm on Monday November 28, 2016 @05:12PM (#13058870)
It's doing well - I currently have 2 Electron apps and dozens of Cocoa apps on my Mac. :)
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Re:Electron considered harmful by nilliams on Monday November 28, 2016 @05:42PM (#13059080)
We're talking about dev mindshare today. What you have installed is irrelevant.
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Re:Electron considered harmful by ivm on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @01:14PM (#13064898)
I bet that 20-25% of desktop apps on Mac will use Electron in the next 5-7 years.
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