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Desktop Application #72

Open brenthaertlein opened 5 years ago

brenthaertlein commented 5 years ago

Obviously this would be a "long" way down the line but it would be cool to see a native Windows / Mac / Linux desktop app (e.g. Slack / Discord) that has the same functionality as the native mobile application.

I think Discord is built in Electron with pure JavaScript / React.

calebmer commented 5 years ago

Actually, this would only really take a couple of days. The application is designed to be one codebase one language for every platform. That creates a rich engineering culture focused on infrastructure.

We could throw the app we have today into Electron and ship it!

Some people complain about Electron apps. There’s nothing wrong with Electron apps it’s all about how you build them. Slack is not a great example of a well built JavaScript app (at least when it comes to memory usage). VSCode and Discord are great examples.

@Jordanaman127 has expressed interest in doing this work.