So I checked and my app done with Tauri uses 50MB of RAM. Simple PWAs I’ve checked using about:memory in Firefox use 40-50MB. Native apps done with egui or iced use ~25MB. The difference is really small and taking into account all the advantages of Tauri (more mature framework, easier packaging, better DX, better components library) I’m not very motivated to learn a native library just to save 20MB of RAM. PWA would be an interesting option (very similar to Tauri but maybe with easier distribution) but in the near future I want to work with Android Auto so I will need to work closely with native Android API and I already know how to do it with Tauri.

So they kept their promise and held a vote? Amazing!

I predicted that they will start arresting journalists this year but I didn’t realize how weak the entire media in US is. They didn’t have to lock anyone up because all the news is controlled by corporations anyway.

Please do.

When I see news like this I imagine we knew this about Hitler in 1930s and think how it would affect history. It wouldn’t.

Also works with ICE and Gestapo.

“Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a promotion.”

Firefox requires a PWA extension.

And the extension requires a package from a 3rd party repo. Probably that’s why I missed it until now. It works nice on Android though. Maybe I should do a PWA… But it’s like… learn new tools, host it somewhere… I will think about it. Thanks!

Do you know any websites that integrate into Linux desktop and Android like native apps? I mean I can run it from cmd/icon, and it opens as new window without any decorations? I never saw it but if it’s works fine it’s an interesting option.

You’re actually right, by now browsers have APIs to do most of the things apps do. Technically you could convert most apps to websites. I guess as a user I just don’t want all my apps to open a tab in my browser. I want to move apps between virtual desktops and monitors independently and I don’t want my app’s window to be clattered by all the menus from my browser. On mobile I also prefer switching between apps than between different tabs. For me the best compromise is:

• for system tools that don’t have to be cross platform and critical apps write native apps
• for small/medium cross platform apps use webviews like Webview2 or Tauri
• for big apps like Teams or Discord just use a website

Just use the website then?

It is a good solution for some apps but if you need to store data locally, use push notifications, run something in the background or access any native APIs you have to go with a native app.

It’s because people want cross-platform apps and web is the easiest way to do it. Yes, you have Flutter, KML or Qt but those are often hard to work with (looking at you, Flutter) or it’s difficult to find devs that can work with them. You choose web (JS/wasm) and you have plenty of devs familiar with the tools and you can support all the platform easily. I’m using Tauri for my personal projects because it’s fun and easy. I could use Qt but I don’t want to work with C++ or Python, at least not in my spare time. If anyone can recommend me a nice framework supporting Linux and Android and using modern language I might switch. I haven’t found one.

https://servo.org/contributing/

https://opencollective.com/servo

That was the first thing I’ve said. People are just dumber now.

Email chains? You’re thinking about some early internet 40 years ago. Twitter has 20 years, Instragram 15. People were sharing fake images on social media long before AI. I just can’t imagine anyone responsible making decisions like stopping trains based on a single image on the internet. You know how easy would it be to post an image of a forest fire on Twitter? You don’t even have to fake it, simply take an image from some other fire. You make decisions like that based on credible calls, not something you saw online.

Really? I remember tons of nicely photoshoped pictures on Snopes. There was a lot of trolling by people with skills going on.

So? People with skill don’t troll? Clearly the dumb person here is the one who believed the fake. What does someone else’s skill has to do with it?

WTF? Why nothing like this ever happened during Photoshop times? Are people just dumber now?

They shipped a product in 3 months? What the fuck was it? New “under construction” page?

I don’t think they ever claimed it was heading for US. The first time I heard about it it was claimed it was heading for some island.

Yes but I though even evidence that it’s slowing anything down was at best very weak?

Also, is there any medicine that makes the patients look more awake/cheerful? It looks like Trump is sleepy and irritated almost all the time but then he suddenly becomes very active and his mood improves like during the Mamdani meeting.