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		ArgyleSound on May 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electron 9.0 For whatever it’s worth, the macOS messages app uses an embedded webview to render the message threads.

saagarjha on May 19, 2020 [–]

Also FWIW, Messages.app is poorly maintained almost certainly next in line to be converted to Catalyst. (Web views are used in other parts of the OS as well; all the "services" panes for example, as well as Safari's web inspector.)

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