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minus-squareMyFairJulia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoElectron IS a browser. It’s a Chromium browser to be exact with all the Chromium UI elements except the very bare minimum removed. So the only difference that remains is running a website in a tab or in a fancy window.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.delinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoI know that Electron is a browser. But the issue is that it’s a different browser, and AFAIK Electron applications don’t share libraries etc. like Chrome/Firefox tabs would, which makes Electron apps even more inefficient than web apps.
Electron IS a browser. It’s a Chromium browser to be exact with all the Chromium UI elements except the very bare minimum removed.
So the only difference that remains is running a website in a tab or in a fancy window.
I know that Electron is a browser. But the issue is that it’s a different browser, and AFAIK Electron applications don’t share libraries etc. like Chrome/Firefox tabs would, which makes Electron apps even more inefficient than web apps.