I can instantly tell, not by the looks or aesthetics, but by the way an Electron app behaves that it's not a native app. It has got that "browser"-like feel to it. VSCode/Slack/etc have a different "feel" to the UI vs. say Mail/Messages/Photos app. Not sure how to describe it. It is just the way it reacts and responds. Does anyone else experience the same?
If there was a A/B test, I am pretty sure I can nail almost 100% of the Electron-based apps. Same thing with MacOS vs Windows apps - Windows is a lot "snappy" and MacOS is very "rounded and smooth" when it comes to the UI feel (not looks).
For those curious about why we describe non-visual things in terms of visual metaphors (sharp, smooth, etc) is because of adjacency of brain structures and cross-wiring between them . It is called the Bouba/Kiki effect, "Bouba" is round shape, and "Kiki" is a sharp shape, in almost every culture and it's universal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
Edit: It feels like it is impossible to talk about opinions without getting shafted by the "Electron lovers/haters" crowd. Wtf. I am not saying one is better than the other. Even if I did, why can't we talk about it if it is substantiated? A lot of this stuff is subjective and experiential.
Edit2: Stop upvoting you people! There is nothing to see here and I don't know anything about the original topic, i.e. 9.0 release. Dump this thread please.
If there was a A/B test, I am pretty sure I can nail almost 100% of the Electron-based apps. Same thing with MacOS vs Windows apps - Windows is a lot "snappy" and MacOS is very "rounded and smooth" when it comes to the UI feel (not looks).
For those curious about why we describe non-visual things in terms of visual metaphors (sharp, smooth, etc) is because of adjacency of brain structures and cross-wiring between them . It is called the Bouba/Kiki effect, "Bouba" is round shape, and "Kiki" is a sharp shape, in almost every culture and it's universal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
Edit: It feels like it is impossible to talk about opinions without getting shafted by the "Electron lovers/haters" crowd. Wtf. I am not saying one is better than the other. Even if I did, why can't we talk about it if it is substantiated? A lot of this stuff is subjective and experiential.
Edit2: Stop upvoting you people! There is nothing to see here and I don't know anything about the original topic, i.e. 9.0 release. Dump this thread please.