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Electron apps (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] WormFood@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

the problem isn't electron, the problem is that A) html is the only truly cross platform UI framework and B) that html (and the web stack in general) has way too many features and is way too complex, because Google's been bolting features onto it for decades.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I must be hallucinating here. It clearly states a lot of OSes, but maybe it's just me.