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[–] 68 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (11 children)

This is such a hilariously bad take. I like how "I can't use Win32 on Linux" morphed into "re-write the whole app in Javascript just so I can use Electron."

Meanwhile, Wine and QT are like: "am I a joke to you?"

I'll add that (IMO) a lot of applications are becoming increasingly malicious, although less-so in the desktop space. I'm happy that devs like this are forced to quasi-sandbox their crap into a browser. Actually, if anyone knows how to crack into an Electron app in order to restore local plugins, user-scripts, and sandbox security controls, let me know. Or just liberate the guts into a local web app instead so I can use a real browser? This trend could be very useful for local security if those features become available.

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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    I can code in C on all 3 (more if you include BSDs). You would not believe how amazing my skills are to avoid platform specific dependencies in a language that predates all these OS.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    How do you deal with platform specific stuff? I am talking about desktop API and friends. (If that's even a thing in your problem space). /gen

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I only just realized the Proton and Electron naming schemes lol

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