[lmm]

I can remember when the rhetoric against Java apps being "slow" was just as strong as it is against Electron now. And they've always been less native-feeling and clunkier than Electron.

[pjmlp]

Java is a ferrari when compared to Electron.

[lmm]

How so? I know there are theoretical arguments and microbenchmarks that Java might be faster than JavaScript, but I've never seen an actual user-facing GUI app in Java that felt smoother to use than good Electron apps.

[viraptor]

Electron shifted the scales to below the old Java while Java improved. It's still not great, but given a choice? Let Electron die.