What I don't get is why most background electron/CEF applications don't unload the web engine when it's minimized to tray for some time. Chrome starts in about a second, the the webview shouldn't take more than that to re-initialize.

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NetMageSCW a day ago | parent | next [-]

Probably because they have stuff to do in the background and so have to keep the javascript running.

	▲	kaelwd a day ago \| parent [-]
		You don't need the whole browser frontend for that though, Electron also includes Node.js which is much less memory hungry.

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nomercy400 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What would happen if you do not have enough memory to reopen it? How would that impact the user experience?

	▲	lexicality a day ago \| parent [-]
		well that'll probably happen less often if all these electron apps stop using 4GB of ram in the background constantly

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jcelerier a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> Chrome starts in about a second,

on which machine ? go check the first three PCs here: https://www.amazon.ca/Best-Sellers-Laptop-Computers/zgbs/ele... ; do you think they open chrome in a second ?