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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:23PM (#32121614)
WebOS applications don't ship a browser alongside them, they use what is already installed.

Doing Web development alongside native since Web exists, hasn't made me like shipping browsers with applications (or Web views) any better during the last 20 years.

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:55PM (#32121882)
This framework does this same thing:

> It does not embed a browser, so it is resource efficient. Instead, it uses the native rendering engine for the platform. On Windows, this is the new Microsoft Webview2 library, built on Chromium.

https://wails.io/docs/introduction#native-elements

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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:09PM (#32122001)
You missed my remark between parenthesis.
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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:13PM (#32122038)
Not really sure what your point is. That these things are unimpressive? Agreed. It's just one lazy approach to a problem (multi-platform apps) that's not easy to solve. Webviews are a cheap way to get there.
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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:25PM (#32122120)
The way is to use the Web as is, and native for everything else.
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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:29PM (#32122146)
Yeah, if you have unlimited time and money.
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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:03AM (#32124607)
Apparently plenty of business do.
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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by solardev on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:15AM (#32124874)
May you be lucky enough to work for them.
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Re:Wails: Build cross-platform applications using Go by pjmlp on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:51AM (#32124987)
Plenty of people are.
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