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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/8083028

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[-] 30p87@feddit.de 16 points 10 months ago

To be fair, Signal, Threema and Discord use Electron, and therefore are just crappy bullshit on Wayland.
Using a dedicated FF instance uses less RAM, CPU and disk space, and gives you more control over the application/website.

Discord has a web version, even if it doesn't support some features, so I use it in FF. WhatsApp has a web version, so I use it in FF.
Signal does not. So it's barely usable on my Nvidia desktop.
We do not need ""native"" Applications, made with a mix of a web version and a D tier browser engine, if we could just use the already installed, better and perfectly working browser.

  • Discords Electron was outdated and vulnerable for years, FF would be patched in days or hours in case of a zero day.
  • Electron uses much more resources than FF. Because every company thinks they need a custom version of electron, every app brings its own bloaty electron environment, despite there being a system one.
  • Electron/Chromium is extremely buggy on Wayland + Nvidia, to the point I cannot use Spotify, Discord or Steam correctly.
[-] far_university1990@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

Can we have electron, but based on gecko and unable to ship its own gecko?

[-] gregorjan@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Check tauri out. It's not exactly that but it uses built in web renderer in os

[-] RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

It’s more about WhatsApp ignoring Linux as a app platform (and the web app doesn’t have calls or screen share like the windows client)

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

They want you having less control, that's the whole point

[-] toastal@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

using a dedicated FF [sic] instance

If you don’t like having multiple windows open, you can keep them in dedicated container tabs on you main Fx (or favored Fx fork). I have a couple pinned like this in Librewolf now.

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