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by Mister_Snuggles 3987 days ago
Isn't the Atom text editor mainly a Chromium web view running on the desktop?
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cosarara97 3987 days ago
Yes, and many people don't think of it as native for that reason.
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MisterBastahrd 3987 days ago
The colloquial definition of a native desktop application is an application that runs from a binary on your system. So yes, most people DO think of these as native applications.
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FigBug 3986 days ago
It's beyond that. I also uses the native APIs to create the user interface.
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