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kuschku on June 23, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: A new approach to text rendering

> I mean if they manage to turn electron into a true native cross platform app framework

…then you’ll end up back where you started with the JVM.

djfm on June 23, 2017 [–]

Right. We might as well just compile our JS to Java.

Instead of using web tech to build native apps I think we should focus on improving browsers so that web apps behave more like native apps and have the same capabilities. Browsers should be the cross-platform VM and webassembly is a good step in that direction.

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