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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by jjeaff on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @09:06PM (#15911431)
I kind of doubt that whoever does the feature pics looks at the binaries to figure out if it is native or not. As long as the end result is not easily distinguishable from native, I'm sure you are just as likely to be featured.
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by murukesh_s on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @10:28PM (#15911784)
Yea if you play around you can really make an app look like native. Even in desktop it's difficult to figure out web apps wrapped under electron when they are done right..
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by saagarjha on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @12:45AM (#15912306)
> Even in desktop it's difficult to figure out web apps wrapped under electron when they are done right..

Name one.

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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by ch4s3 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @01:03AM (#15912371)
VSCode is close if you squint or don't know where to look for the evidence of Electron.
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by saagarjha on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @01:13AM (#15912409)
Its UI paradigm looks out of place on macOS–it very much looks like a website in an app wrapper.
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by WA on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @01:46AM (#15912509)
For you, but not for most people I’d guess. Or most people don’t care enough and that’s why VSCode is hugely popular.
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by murukesh_s on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:50AM (#15921860)
"Its UI paradigm looks out of place on macOS "- Which part?
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by murukesh_s on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:49AM (#15921848)
Sorry, didn't see the reply. You want a web app as close to native? Look no further - https://www.nylas.com/download, source https://github.com/nylas/nylas-mail.
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by saagarjha on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:33PM (#15926710)
It's close, but not quite there. I don't see vibrancy or features from standard text controls.
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by endless1234 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @10:45AM (#15914926)
Telegram desktop
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Re:How to get your first 100k active users by saagarjha on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @01:50PM (#15916429)
Telegram is a native app: https://github.com/overtake/TelegramSwift
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