[jrq]

So what electron developers appreciate is an easily accessible markup+canvas?

Text editors are a great example, they're very difficult to get right.

I wonder why more desktop GUI platforms aren't equipped with something similar to html5->native markup.

Thanks for your comment, that clears up the question of appeal for me a bit. I can see how much frustration is saved in a project like vscode by using electron.

[zamalek]

> html5->native markup.

I'm personally a bigger fan of XAML (done right, with MVVM) for that purpose, but it's unrealistic because XAML is dead. So ultimately I agree, there should be a browser of sorts for highly trusted apps. Electron is a runtime, it shouldn't be bundled with every app that uses it.

[pjmlp]

Maybe I should tell that to the guys that have paid my bills for the last 4 years.