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points by itopaloglu83 18 hours ago | 0 comments

On another note, Microsoft Teams and new Outlook use very little amount of memory on paper, because their main windows show up under the Edge name. It’s a Microsoft way of solving the high ram usage problem.

[–] goda90 17 hours ago

WebView2. Other applications can also use it but it seems like there's less out-of-the-box functionality than Electron

[–] senorrib 17 hours ago

That’s also how Tauri claims to use so little ram.

[–] jasonvorhe 17 hours ago

By being dishonest and misleading?

[–] snarfy 16 hours ago

When they can all share the same Electron implementation instead of individual copies it reduces memory quite a bit. I'm not trying to defend Electron way of development but I can see why they pushed WebView2.

[–] lunar_rover 16 hours ago

By reusing the system webview? It's what web frameworks should've done.

[–] Scharkenberg 8 hours ago

What an insane take. Also, the parent comment is incorrect, because the WebView2 memory is clearly attributed for both Teams and new Outlook in Task Manager.

[–] pwg 17 hours ago

When has Microsoft not been dishonest and misleading? Being dishonest and misleading has been Microsoft's entire game plan since all the way back into the Bill Gates era.