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Comment on RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

All major browsers can do this - with the exception of running something in the background I guess. But that is exactly the sort of usage scenario where an Electron app is the worst choice. Coding a separate utility with no GUI would be the sane thing to do here, not put whole browser stacks into memory.

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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You’re actually right, by now browsers have APIs to do most of the things apps do. Technically you could convert most apps to websites. I guess as a user I just don’t want all my apps to open a tab in my browser. I want to move apps between virtual desktops and monitors independently and I don’t want my app’s window to be clattered by all the menus from my browser. On mobile I also prefer switching between apps than between different tabs. For me the best compromise is:

for system tools that don’t have to be cross platform and critical apps write native apps

for small/medium cross platform apps use webviews like Webview2 or Tauri

for big apps like Teams or Discord just use a website
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- A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  I guess as a user I just don’t want all my apps to open a tab in my browser. I want to move apps between virtual desktops and monitors independently and I don’t want my app’s window to be clattered by all the menus from my browser.
  
  All this is already possible with most browsers.
  
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  - ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Do you know any websites that integrate into Linux desktop and Android like native apps? I mean I can run it from cmd/icon, and it opens as new window without any decorations? I never saw it but if it’s works fine it’s an interesting option.
    
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    dafta@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Those are called Progressive Web Apps (PWA). You can use firefox to add the website to your desktop like this: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/…/Installing
    
    Once you do, when you open the app it should have just the website without the tabs and everything else firefox does.
    
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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Pretty sure PWAs can run in the background.

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