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by KJBweb 4446 days ago
Atom really annoyed me to be honest, I wouldn't have bothered requesting a beta invite if I knew it was Mac only at the moment.

Furthermore, why is Windows and Linux only an afterthought here? That suggests to me that further down the road, new updates and bug fixes will be released for the Mac version, with the Windows and Linux versions left to suffer.

I'll stick with Sublime and VIM for the foreseeable, thanks.
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dubcanada 4446 days ago
It was done because using WebKit on Mac is ten times easier then Windows/Linux. It makes for a faster/easier mvp.

While Windows/Linux are also fairly easy to implement using CEF, they didn't do that. And instead opted for using the Mac built in WebKit libraries.

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