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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by mingabunga on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:26PM (#23214583)
I agree too, and your average user is not going to care about the fact you've used Electron, or even know. It's a big win for development.
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by thewebcount on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:58PM (#23214872)
I disagree. I mean they may literally not know that your app uses Electron, but they'll certainly have the feeling of, "Oh, that janky app that doesn't quite work correctly and makes my system slow."
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by criddell on Sunday May 17, 2020 @07:56PM (#23216701)
I think that might be true on Windows or Linux, but not on the Mac. It seems like Mac developers care more about making their application feel good to use.
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by giulianob on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:54AM (#23218500)
Your average user has just come expect technology to suck nowadays. Go look around and many people are jaded by how poor things actually function.