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tell me you would have made a different decision

Sure. As a developer I would've used Qt (or Gtk) because even on the platforms that Electron provides, both provide a much higher quality user experience. You may not care about Linux on non-x86 or QNX or BSDs now, but you've ruled out ever caring enough to consider them.

As a user I loathe Electron apps. They're slow, don't respect native mannerisms (e.g. VS Code for ages didn't put titles on windows you minimized), and horrifically bloated. I try not to use free Electron apps (Discord and Slack get used in a browser), and I would never pay for one. So there's that.



>VS Code for ages didn't put titles on windows you minimized

The fact that they eventually put it there tells me that it wasn't a fault of Electron in the first place, but fault of the designers/devs. Electron allows you to do all those nice things you love if you want to, so I don't see how it is Electron's and not designers'/devs' fault.


The fact that they eventually put it there tells me that it wasn't a fault of Electron in the first place, but fault of the designers/devs. Electron allows you to do all those nice things you love if you want to, so I don't see how it is Electron's and not designers'/devs' fault.

That's not something a native MacOS application dev would ever have to think about. If Electron requires extra work to make your app behave like a normal app that's absolutely a fault with Electron and means that Electron apps will often present poor the user with a experience.




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