The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js

Re:The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js by gagege on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @01:30PM (#8730778)

"5 minutes"? Even if you had said "10 seconds", there's something wrong with your phone. Facebook on my Moto G starts up in under 2 seconds. Same with most other apps.

Besides, I'd rather have an app that takes a little longer to start up, but performs well, than an app that first requires starting a web browser and then on top of that has an interface that runs like a snail.

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Re:The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js by organsnyder on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @01:44PM (#8730857)

Facebook sometimes takes at least 10 seconds to launch on my Nexus 5. While it's loading, all I see is a white screen. This happened both before and after upgrading to Lollipop. I'm running stock unrooted Android, and I don't notice issues with any other apps.

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Re:The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js by jekrb on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @01:51PM (#8730893)

iPhone 4? Maybe there is something wrong with my phone, but my friends experience the same problem, so I'm assuming it's the app/platform combination. It also frequently crashes on start up.

Also, even if it is the phone, that's still an issue with native apps. The fb web app loads faster (still not great, but faster) than the iOS app boots up.

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