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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by donatj on Friday June 15, 2018 @01:55PM (#17321946)
I can't think of a single instance of using an SPA or Electron app and thought "this feels really intuitive".

It's usually more "this feels slow, unreliable, and does things I don't expect".

Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by kitsunesoba on Friday June 15, 2018 @02:20PM (#17322156)
Electron apps do tend to feel like their development is driven by bored designers who want to reinvent the wheel for the 5 millionth time and almost always favor form over function.

Don’t get me wrong, I prefer to use apps that look and feel great, but that shouldn’t ever come at the cost of functionality, responsiveness, etc. It’s a great example of where what benefits companies and what benefits users differs considerably (stable, functional, lightweight app vs. strong branding and cheap engineers).