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Comment by ducktective

5 years ago

It doesn't matter if that rotating loading indicator icon is rendered at 120hz or how fancy the boot animation is presenting latest commodities of the company shop...

When I open a software, I did so for a purpose, and I expect to actually do the thing as fast as possible and be done with UI...that's the reason why TUI apps are popular with power-users

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slumpt_  5 years ago

That’s not what I mean when I say 60 Hz. I’m referring to performance navigating about the app. There was a small startup latency to populate the store but it was smooth sailing after that. Even that you could probably optimize out today with a talented team given all the new PWA tech.

I will say though that I’ve yet to work anywhere else that held themselves to a comparable performance standard.

  • vxNsr  5 years ago

    You claim electron apps can be fast but don’t give examples. Native apps are fast and there are many examples.

    I have yet to use a fast electron app that didn’t hog ram.

    • slumpt_  5 years ago

      Yep. I’m not familiar with a lot of great web apps anymore. The web has gotten really lazy, these days.

      To the extent you understand the tech, though, you understand the problem was never the platform but really the hands it resides in. Nobody thinks its worth the extra work required to heavily optimize a web application.

      One needn’t exist for me to be right, as unsatisfying as that may be to a group of folks unfamiliar with frontend perf on the web platform.

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