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Re:Electron 4.0.0 by shaan7 on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:13AM (#18734211)
> Why is it that people seem to think using a cross-platform UI toolkit like tkinter, kivy, WxWindows, etc. is like putting their hand in a toilet?

Um because a lot of them already know HTML/CSS/JS (because they've worked on websites). This the the major reason why Electron is popular - the barrier to entry is very low. That combined with the fact that users don't complain, just makes it a "pragmatic" choice.

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Re:Electron 4.0.0 by jayflux on Friday December 21, 2018 @02:08PM (#18735682)
Basically this. Electron has a low cost/benefit. Yes some will not be happy with resources usage, but I doubt this is the majority.

I haven’t heard anyone outside of the hn circles moan about slacks usage.

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