10/14/2020 Electron Vs Native Mac App
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Electron App vs native Winforms App. 2nd of May, 2017. Like many other software developers I have a bunch of CI jobs that I need to monitor. If any of these jobs are failing I don't want to update my code and break everything. May 16, 2018 Electron apps have a bad reputation for using too much RAM, have potential security issues, can’t (yet) match the speed of C, and they often lack the polish and familiarity of a great native app. Electron accomplishes this by combining Chromium and Node.js into a single runtime and apps can be packaged for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Electron is by far the most popular library for writing JavaScript desktop applications today. Some of the more well-known apps are Slack and Discord messengers, Atom code editor and Visual Studio Code IDE.
The latest version of Skype Previews appears to be powered by Electron rather than React Native. A recent update pushed Skype Preview to v8.58.76.92 and brought a major shift for the app. Aggiornamenti Lumia shared a screenshot of the latest version, and the ensuing Twitter thread discussed the impact of the changes on Skype.
According to podcaster Florian B, swapping to Electron rather than React Native removed several features, including:
The app icon in the taskbar for the latest version of Skype Preview is also an older icon. In a follow-up tweet, Florian B added that push notifications and OS call integration are gone in the latest version of the app.
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As this is a preview version of Skype, Microsoft could make significant changes before rolling things out to the public.
If you'd like to test out Skype Preview, you can sign up to try it on Microsoft's website.
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