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239 points antome | 3 comments | 20 Nov 24 04:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source
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wolframhempel ◴[20 Nov 24 07:33 UTC] No.42191568[source]▶
Blender, in my view, is one of the best arguments to develop native desktop applications over web view wrappers like Electron. Everything is responsive and instant, you can open new 3D view windows by just sliding them open at 60 frames a second, performance is stable even with multiple windows open and the download size is a reasonable 334MB.
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aurareturn ◴[20 Nov 24 08:47 UTC] No.42191947[source]▶
>Blender, in my view, is one of the best arguments to develop native desktop applications over web view wrappers like Electron.

Different class of products.

For Electron apps, often it's the choice of having a desktop app or not having one at all.

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1. McDyver ◴[20 Nov 24 10:45 UTC] No.42192640[source]▶
In my opinion, the actual problem is the focus on making everything web first.

> For Electron apps, often it's the choice of having a desktop app or not having one at all.

Maybe it would be better to have none at all. Having an electron app is an excuse to say "we already have a desktop app, so we won't make a native one".

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2. aurareturn ◴[20 Nov 24 10:47 UTC] No.42192648[source]▶

  In my opinion, the actual problem is the focus on making everything web first.
I don't think this is a problem. Many class of products require a web version over a desktop one. The desktop one is a very nice bonus.
3. flohofwoe ◴[20 Nov 24 15:20 UTC] No.42194633[source]▶
The reason why Electron has won is because native platforms couldn't be arsed to agree on a standardized native UI framework integrated into the platforms (and not just Microsoft, Apple and Google (via Android), but also 'Linux on the desktop' which is still the same fragmented mess as it ever was (arguably worse after Wayland will replace X11 any moment now).

Electron's success is strictly to blame on the desktop platform owners/maintainers dropping the ball, consistently and repeatedly for the last 3 decades (Microsoft's UI framework 'evolution' is especially hilarious, who in their right mind would write an application against a widget library that's going to be deprecated in 3 years).