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by jtokoph 3279 days ago
> But if we’re going so far as to bypass Chrome’s CSS engine, maybe we should try to bypass the DOM entirely.

Seems like Atom will eventually just be a native app.
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djfm 3279 days ago
Yeah, technology loves cycles.

"Hey, let's write an editor for a browser. Oh wait, we need a browser for that editor".

Something good will probably come out of this eventually. I mean if they manage to turn electron into a true native cross platform app framework it's nice.

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kuschku 3279 days ago
> I mean if they manage to turn electron into a true native cross platform app framework

…then you’ll end up back where you started with the JVM.

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djfm 3278 days ago
Right. We might as well just compile our JS to Java.

Instead of using web tech to build native apps I think we should focus on improving browsers so that web apps behave more like native apps and have the same capabilities. Browsers should be the cross-platform VM and webassembly is a good step in that direction.

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mrmondo 3277 days ago
If it does, I'll reconsider using it. I truly can't stand JavaScript 'apps'.
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