[gdfhhgddhjj]

Right, but does eg slack actually use any of that? It’s not a great native client by any stretch—it doesn’t use a native UI, it’s not particularly snappy, and it doesn’t do any special integration. So, it seems that electron is mostly a way to distinguish certain sites from others, not that they provide a better experience.

Granted I do like the distinct app icon. But electron should mean more than that to qualify as meaningfully native.

[alexasmyths]

What electron gives Slack is A) local install and B) proper notifications.

So Slack gets an icon on the homescreen and possibly offline notification + notification integration with the OS.

That might be pretty limited from a technical perspective, but it's a massive product thing from a product perspective.

Also, it's possible they may use file access for caching/storage etc..