Comment by s3p
3 hours ago
I never thought election was a good solution for the problems of its time. Just call it a web app and don't lie to people releasing something "native" for them to download.
3 hours ago
I never thought election was a good solution for the problems of its time. Just call it a web app and don't lie to people releasing something "native" for them to download.
Discord actually launched as a web app, and then moved to adding a desktop app, which has quite obviously become far more popular than visiting discordapp.com and using it in the browser.
Why do you think that is?
I'll give you a hint: if I close my web browser, how do I get a notification that I got a new message? Make sure you also pretend it's 2015 (launch year of Discord) and that I might be using Firefox, Safari, or Edge.
The funny part about this complaint is that you can literally just use the web app if you hate the desktop Electron app so much. That's one of the main benefits of Electron!
Noone is claiming that, though.
Discord isn't packaged as an Electron app simply because it pretends to be native, but because it has an entire system integration layer that isn't available in the web version.