points by RunSet 17 hours ago | 0 comments
> Electron's value prop
"Now you can have the cross-platform compatibility of a single-page application just by bundling Chrome."
[–] zdragnar 16 hours ago
[–] 72deluxe 15 hours ago
That's like saying it would make sense to make Internet Explorer work on all platforms. It doesn't make sense.
The solution is to use user interface toolkits that are available on each platform. For example, wxWidgets or Qt or appropriate bindings to them if you can't be bothered to write UI code for each platform you're targeting.
[–] toast0 10 hours ago
> That's like saying it would make sense to make Internet Explorer work on all platforms. It doesn't make sense.
Why not? Microsoft released IE for win16, win32, wince, macos system 7 through 9, macos X, Solaris, HP-UX. If it ran on all those platforms, Microsoft probably could have supported it on any platform that had the capability of running graphical web browsers.
Not a great justification, but it made a bit more sense then.