We're not doing Electron because some popular software also using it. We're doing Electron because the ability to create truly cross-platform interfaces with the web stack is more important to us than 300 MB of user memory.
You should check the memory use of that browser tab. You’re not saving much either way running in a browser or in Electron, which is effectively a browser.
It won't be "happening" until Slack, Teams, and Discord leave Electron behind. They are the apps that need to be open 24/7.
It's not entirely clear what the connection is.
We're not doing Electron because some popular software also using it. We're doing Electron because the ability to create truly cross-platform interfaces with the web stack is more important to us than 300 MB of user memory.
> web stack is more important to us than 300 MB of user memory.
May I never have to use or work on your project's software.
"I would rather spend the user's money than my engineer's time"
Teams works similarly in browser tab and "natively". Slack was similar if I remember correctly.
You should check the memory use of that browser tab. You’re not saving much either way running in a browser or in Electron, which is effectively a browser.
I only ever use Discord in a browser window.
Are you sure about Cursor? I haven't seen anything about that, I think it's still based on VSCode/electron.
"cursor 3" is just a landing page. The editor is still the old vscode fork...