Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why

Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by smusamashah on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:39AM (#50404046)

We have gotten so used to slow app startup these days I believe. I have recently started using Task Slinger [1] and every single time I boot it, I get a feeling that it was already running and it's window just showed up. I wish all modern software were like this.

[1]: https://taskslinger.net/

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by swinglock on Saturday November 07, 2026 @08:10AM (#50404275)

All modern apps are like this. It's Electron apps which are all legacy.

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by smusamashah on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:56PM (#50407494)

No. Even windows' own task manager is not that fast. I don't think that most software most people use everyday on windows was built with strong focus on performance.

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by swinglock on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:34PM (#50407804)

My point is no Electron app should be considered "modern" at this point.

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by cowlevel on Sunday November 08, 2026 @01:42AM (#50410974)

no true Scotsman

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by gopher_space on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:14PM (#50407625)

The old System Shock 2 is an inspiration for my own loading times. Launching the game instantly shows the main menu with your last save paused in the background. Clicking Play actually unpauses the game. There's no loading time and no process as far as a player is concerned.

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by ssernikk on Saturday November 07, 2026 @04:21PM (#50408174)

Do you know what tech stack do they use? The website only mentions custom Direct3D renderer.

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by Jtarii on Saturday November 07, 2026 @04:55PM (#50408402)

>Do you know what tech stack do they use?

If you are asking this kind of question you have already lost the plot. You don't need a "tech stack".

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by procone on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:19PM (#50409916)

I'll pass on paid / proprietary task managers. But cool anecdote?

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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by smusamashah on Sunday November 08, 2026 @06:42AM (#50412411)

Isn't that same as passing on all paid software?

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