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> why not make Electron a shared part of the OS instead of so many apps bundling it.

Because it's a wrong approach to a problem that was solved decades ago by much smaller and faster system libraries for UI development.



Apparently these libraries and the languages they are designed to be used with failed to offer sufficiently easy way to implement the UX people want.

I myself strongly prefer classic desktop GUIs adhering to the 90s Microsoft and Apple design guidelines, also well-designed (rather than chaotically evolved like JavaScript) programming languages too yet the objective reality seems like that's not what the demand is for - real-life companies and people prefer fast-entry non-proprietary languages like JavaScript and virtually-unlimited expression like what CSS gives. The only libraries I know can technically be good alternatives to Electron are Qt Quick, WPF (and its spinoffs) and JavaFX but they all have downsides which limit their adoption.




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