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by krzyk 3361 days ago
Then don't, it's really wasteful to have webdevs write desktop apps using Electron. I don't see a gain over using a webpage. I use slack this way and I don't see any problems.
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lazarus101 3361 days ago
No one would bother writing Electron app if there was no demand. Most users, (even tech savvy users) prefer using Electron Slack instead of keeping the webapp open in a browser.
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jgforbes 3361 days ago
You might not necessarily want something like code-editors rely on external servers, while still taking advantage of the UX of web-development.

VSCode gets around this by running an npm node locally.

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