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1. Kornel (kornel@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jan-2022 18:10:17 UTC Kornel

   Perhaps Electron is popular, because the Web has won as the preferred UI toolkit?

   Using OS-native widgets doesn't seem to be that valuable any more. Windows itself has 11 incoherent styles. Cocoa is now just `* { box-radius: 20px; box-shadow: 20px; opacity: 0.5 }, so why even bother?

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jan-2022 18:21:38 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • deʃhipu
     @deshipu @kornel Electron has seen wide use in some very popular desktop apps. I'm pretty sure this is because visual/frontend developers already know HTML5 and:
     1. Don't want to learn at least 3 desktop toolkits.
     2. Don't want to learn any desktop toolkit.
   • deʃhipu (deshipu@mastodon.technology)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jan-2022 18:21:40 UTC deʃhipu

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     @kornel Or perhaps Electron is popular (is it really?) because the Web has lost as a preferred software distribution method?

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2022 13:45:56 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • jec
     @kornel @jec It's both.
   • Kornel (kornel@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2022 13:45:57 UTC Kornel

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     • jec

     @jec What's more likely: that many companies, including billion dollar ones with top developers, have carefully evaluated pros and cons and consciously chosen Electron,
     or that it's a fad, and only you're smart enough to see it.

   • jec (jec@social.alesan.io)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2022 13:46:03 UTC jec

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     @kornel The web is not a "UI toolkit". Electron is popular because fads.