Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)
by FridgeSeal on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:52AM
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"Everyone has Jesus of memory, or doesn't matter if we chew through a bunch of it because we were to lazy to use the right tool for the job".
Just because it's there doesn't mean you need to use it all, that's like spending your whole paycheck at once because "you'll get another one in 2 weeks!". Any application that does the same job with less resources and the same or greater performance is unequivocally, objectively better.
Also, benefits of claims like easier and faster updated are rendered pretty moot when developers next spend that time changing things for the sake of it: Spotify app feels like it has since pointless, un-requested UI change every month. And VSCode can't even update Idle, decor that being one of the lauded benefits...
Agree fully with this. I find the complaints about how appalling it is that apps use a few extra 100MB of RAM and disk space really tiresome and impractical when laptops + desktops typically have lots of RAM and disk space now. Many of these cross platform apps either wouldn't exist or would exist on only one platform if everyone insisted on native apps especially for apps made my small teams or individuals.
I'm not saying Electron is perfect but easy cross platform support is a huge benefit and one of many. You also have the huge JavaScript community, pool of developers and available libraries to draw from as well as being able to share code between your desktop app and web app. Tossing that all away to save resources that most users aren't even going to notice isn't a good business decision in my opinion.