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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by briandear on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @03:47PM (#18764744)
Why doesn’t Slack write an actual Mac app in Swift? For small companies with limited resources, I understand the attraction of “cross platform,” but it would seem that performance and uasability would be vastly improved by writing actual native applications — especially for a billion dollar company that can afford to do it and especially since Slack is one of those apps that is constantly open and performance and efficiency have a real benefit.
Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by TeMPOraL on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:00PM (#18765302)
They've cornered the market and don't have to care anymore.

A lot of Slack's audience is captive - employees, contributors to open source projects that chose Slack as their social outlet, etc.

Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by Despegar on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:40PM (#18766215)
The only way this will change is if Apple starts using more "stick" approaches. Marzipan and whatever other technologies they're working on are the "carrot".
Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by eschaton on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:16PM (#18765396)
Amen. “Cross-platform UI” has always meant “doesn’t work well.”
Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by jtd514 on Thursday December 27, 2018 @02:59AM (#18768160)
Yeah at this point they are basically jerks for not building something better. The reality is they dont have to care.
Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by ksec on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:02AM (#18768179)
Telegram, an Open Sources IM, has Native Clients on Mac, iOS, Windows, and Android.