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Re:Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, someth... by squarefoot on Thursday May 02, 2024 @11:43PM (#40243808)
> why not make Electron a shared part of the OS instead of so many apps bundling it.

Because it's a wrong approach to a problem that was solved decades ago by much smaller and faster system libraries for UI development.

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Re:Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, someth... by qwerty456127 on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:15AM (#40243973)
Apparently these libraries and the languages they are designed to be used with failed to offer sufficiently easy way to implement the UX people want.

I myself strongly prefer classic desktop GUIs adhering to the 90s Microsoft and Apple design guidelines, also well-designed (rather than chaotically evolved like JavaScript) programming languages too yet the objective reality seems like that's not what the demand is for - real-life companies and people prefer fast-entry non-proprietary languages like JavaScript and virtually-unlimited expression like what CSS gives. The only libraries I know can technically be good alternatives to Electron are Qt Quick, WPF (and its spinoffs) and JavaFX but they all have downsides which limit their adoption.

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