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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by bulder on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:33PM (#50409064)
When it comes to content you control it's very possible to handle everything with platform-native acceleration, but how would you approach embedding a, let's say, YouTube or a Twitter video in a native desktop client?
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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by anthk on Saturday November 07, 2026 @08:05PM (#50409595)
JSON and API's/libraries.
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Re:Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord ju... by goalieca on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:51PM (#50410033)
There’s still native ways to do this with libs. Browsers themselves use these. Plus, we used to embed explorer or WebKit or html or whatever without dragging in a whole giant thing where need be.
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