Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoRAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web componentswww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1588file-text
arrow-up1588external-linkRAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web componentswww.windowslatest.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square78linkfedilinkfile-text
Windows Latest discovered Discord and other Chromium and Electron-based applications with high RAM usage RAM usage spikes from 1GB to 4GB on Discord both in and out of voice chat
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoThis is a trade off. Many of these apps work on osx and Linux because they are browser-based. If they go back to native apps you lose that portability.
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoThere are plenty of cross platform frameworks and libraries that don’t involve web tech
minus-squaredukemirage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoThere is also the advantage of an army of web devs who can build somewhat functional software for the desktop day one.
minus-squareAtherel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWe were laughing at Java back in the days. Now they use JS instead…
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoelectron was a steaming pile of shit 8 years ago. still is. what’s changed? our acceptance of shitty corporate software.
minus-squaredukemirage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoElectron is fine for what it does. It’s just that every problem was turned into a nail and Electron is the hammer.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agohttps://releases.electronjs.org/release?channel=stable
This is a trade off. Many of these apps work on osx and Linux because they are browser-based. If they go back to native apps you lose that portability.
There are plenty of cross platform frameworks and libraries that don’t involve web tech
There is also the advantage of an army of web devs who can build somewhat functional software for the desktop day one.
We were laughing at Java back in the days. Now they use JS instead…
electron was a steaming pile of shit 8 years ago. still is. what’s changed?
our acceptance of shitty corporate software.
Electron is fine for what it does. It’s just that every problem was turned into a nail and Electron is the hammer.
https://releases.electronjs.org/release?channel=stable