▲ | mistercow a day ago | |||||||
I keep thinking that this could be solved by just building Electron into the OS as a shared framework so we don't have to have a separate copy for every app, but the more I dig into it, the more I realize I'm just reinventing the web browser. | ||||||||
▲ | thisislife2 a day ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
There is something called the "WebView" in all the major platforms. The idea is that it allows you to use the browser engine only for creating the UI. But people complain its not "enough" because it is not the same on all the platform (it is if you use it just for UI), restricts access to some browser APIs (ignoring the fact that the OS often offers the same, even and more APIs) and Javascript (a crappy language for creating software applications). | ||||||||
▲ | paxys a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
You are describing PWAs, but they'll never have the same API access & permissions as a native app. | ||||||||
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▲ | mixmastamyk a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Tauri: https://tauri.app/ |