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Comment by 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.

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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.

    • vxNsr  5 years ago

      Anything is possible. No one here is arguing it’s absolutely impossible for an electron app to be fast. But as you said the amount of work it would take is simply not worth it… with a lot less effort you could make a much more performant native app, so it’s never gonna happen.

      You’re being pedantic and are upset that you’re being called out.

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