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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by aurareturn on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:37PM (#39137488)
>I totally agree with the author's points, however, I can't understand why people run "apps" for things like WhatsApp (and Slack) when they run just fine in a browser tab.

On macOS, you get native notifications, a bright red dot on the app icon for notifications, and a separate window from your browser. Lastly, the app might optimize for native macOS APIs strategically.

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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by bmicraft on Thursday January 25, 2024 @08:27PM (#39137853)
Web notifications are a thing, and Whatsapp could popout a window without browser chrome from a webpage
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by drewg123 on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:41PM (#39137528)
None of those are worth a few gigabytes of memory and disk space to me.
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by aurareturn on Thursday January 25, 2024 @08:01PM (#39137674)
It is to some people - like me. Electron gives us that option at a low cost to the developers. You can use the web version. I will use the desktop version. :)
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by hammyhavoc on Thursday January 25, 2024 @08:26PM (#39137849)
Perhaps at a higher cost to end users.
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by aurareturn on Friday January 26, 2024 @01:05AM (#39139387)
A lower cost actually to end users typically.
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by hammyhavoc on Friday January 26, 2024 @06:40AM (#39141540)
Cost can be quantified on many levels, including performance and quality.
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by aurareturn on Friday January 26, 2024 @09:22AM (#39142872)
Hence, I said "typically".
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by hammyhavoc on Friday January 26, 2024 @04:57PM (#39149142)
Then "typically" it comes at the cost of performance and quality.
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Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron by aurareturn on Friday January 26, 2024 @09:52PM (#39151955)
And a lower cost, which consumers have chosen. Quality is debatable.
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