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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by bigstrat2003 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:03AM (#50380841)
Cross platform is not an actual achievable goal if you wish to have a pleasant UX. One size does not, in fact, fit all.
Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by the__alchemist on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:53PM (#50382880)
Could you please explain why? In the context of a PC application. What OS-specific features do you think should be included (keyboard shortcuts?) that can't be copmile-time feature-gated by OS? I would guess the vast majority of functionality is not OS-specific, between Windows, Linux, and Mac.