Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system webview

Re:Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system web... by wolframhempel on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @04:45AM (#19151767)

I'm glad to see how this debate has matured from focusing on the technical downsides to focusing on the business and end-user benefits. But at the same time, whenever I have Blender open, effortlessly displaying eight different 3D views and UV mappers and the Spotify app, almost crashing my system by playing music, I can't help but wish that more developers would walk the extra mile for the user experience.

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Re:Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system web... by vianneychevalie on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @09:29AM (#19153304)

Some of the apps like Spotify, or more recently Microsoft Teams are completely equivalent in their web version. The browser is better at preventing system crashes from a tab than a single encapsulated web app.

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Re:Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system web... by flintchip on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @11:04AM (#19154026)

random and probably irrelevant spotify tip:

I absolutely hated how slow and buggy the app was, until I realised it was down to it attempting to index music locally all the time

my app speed increased massively by going to settings > local files, and turning off all of the options of where to show songs from

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Re:Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system web... by fauigerzigerk on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @11:25AM (#19154201)

>Spotify app, almost crashing my system by playing music

Apparently the debate has matured from focusing on technical downsides to making unfalsifiable claims about technical downsides.

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