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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by coldtea on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:58AM (#16975740)
Nobody, but many offer an Electron app for things where equally good native apps exist.
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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by gmueckl on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:53AM (#16976037)
Not true. Look at the various Skype clients, e.g. for Linux. Memory usage ballooned after they wrote their Electron based client. It uses 4 to 5 times the amount of memory of the old Qt based client and idle CPU usage is through the roof, too. And it can't even handle long conversations smoothly.
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