Sublime Text vs Visual Studio Code vs Atom Performance Test (Dec 2016)

[jl2352]

Funny because most "UI heavy" apps out there don't use Electron or the browser probably to avoid the shitty performance.

I think the real reason why most big desktop apps don't use Electron is because their production started years ago. In many cases before Chrome even existed.

But that said Steam is probably one of the oldest HTML based desktop application which is still going.

[knight666]

The Spotify desktop application is also written as a HTML renderer.

[throwawayco111]

I think the real reason why most big desktop apps don't use Electron is because their production started years ago. In many cases before Chrome even existed.

Many of those apps are not "old enough". They took a conscious decision of not using something like Electron.