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Re:Electron 6.0 by truth_seeker on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @06:42AM (#20573143)
It has been already achieved by Autodesk, they moved their 30-year-old Auto CAD software to work in the browser.

https://www.infoq.com/presentations/autocad-webassembly/

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Re:Electron 6.0 by kgraves on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:36AM (#20573470)
Although a monumental achievement from Autodesk, that is not a _desktop application_ that is a web app.
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Re:Electron 6.0 by truth_seeker on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:32AM (#20574266)
This is a baseless distinction from User point of view.

What you can do in a browser you can do in Electron App as well because Electron embeds the browser!

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Re:Electron 6.0 by kgraves on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:13AM (#20575042)
Only if they provide an electron app, to which then yes it is a 'desktop app'.

Autodesk's demo is in a web browser, good luck trying this when you're offline.

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Re:Electron 6.0 by pjmlp on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @01:22PM (#20576326)
As a PWA, not Electron fat.
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