I've heard this sentiment before. What (for a very non-code, non-dev person like me) could you say about why you dislike Electron apps. From a user perspective especially. Thanks. :)
They're fat/inefficient because of the electron base, so they use more RAM and resources to run than a native app would.
Obsidian, for example, takes over 2x as much RAM on my computer as Emacs does, which is crazy.
Add to this the fact that they all have to work with basically the lowest common denominator of interfaces, which means they're consistent across platforms but also completely eschew anything native on any of those platforms. In the Mac world, this is especially egregious because we as a tribe tend to actually LIKE the way the Mac does things.
There's a phrase popularized by Brent Simmons about this: Mac-assed Mac apps. See
Thanks for the reply. Any place you'd recommend an Obsidian user / emacs noob like me to start learning more about emacs? Am always curious to learn about this stuff. Especially when "bloat" comes into the conversation. Also, curious cuz to me, who uses Obsidian on a Mac, it feels lightning fast! So, I can't even imagine what you're speaking about as far as RAM etc is concerned. Curious!
I mean obsidian, at least the last time I tried to use it, took more RAM than seemed reasonable on my Mac, which has been par for the course with electron/non-native apps generally.
And as I noted, it doesn't feel like a Mac app, either.
Both issues are pretty big negatives for me, even thought I have the RAM to run fat things, but my issues are not YOUR issues. If Obsidian is working for you, there are advantages to that.
