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dmazzonitoday at 4:25 AM1 replyview on HN

I'm a fan of more frameworks for desktop apps that wrap system webview rather than embedding Chromium.

Chromium is awesome and all, but it's just way overkill for many apps, and doesn't make sense for the download size and the need to support auto-update for security features.


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hresvelgrtoday at 4:49 AM

I feel the reason the system web-view is eschewed in these frameworks is because you have no choice but to maintain compatibility with 3-4 browsers: Edge/IE on Windows, Safari on Mac, and Firefox on Linux (usually).

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