• macniel@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    Have you heard of Java? Or any other language that abstracts away the GUI gluecode. Or don’t just even go electron and provide a web app instead.

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        4 months ago

        Mhm… Install 300mb once to run any Java application or 300mb for each and every electron app.

        Its an easy choice.

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          4 months ago

          As if the Java app won’t be even uglier than electron and still weigh in at 300 mb for each. Not to mention introducing security issues on your machine with the jre

          There’s a reason people stopped making consumer apps in Java

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            Uglier? Debatable as there are different UI Toolkits that can actually look beautiful and you don’t have to reimplement controls like you would in an electron app.

            And you certainly wouldn’t introduce new security issues with different and outdated v8 engines that are bundled with your electron app, no sir.