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[-] rei@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Isn't vscode written in electron?

[-] JackBruhhh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Electron is fine if it's optimised which generally doesn't happen.

[-] zbecker@mastodon.zbecker.cc 2 points 1 year ago

@JackBruhhh @rei

#electron does consume quite a bit more ram than it should.

Either way, I don't really have much of a problem with it.

[-] JackBruhhh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It does but in exchange devs can make cross-platform applications. I don't mind using Electron apps unless they're horribly optimized like Teams used to be some years ago.

[-] sznio@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Teams is still horribly optimized and barely works though. I love having to restart my computer in order to be able to sign in.

Protip: It's much faster and more stable when just opened as a webpage in Firefox

[-] lrabbt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wish. Teams literally says Firefox is not supported and doesn't allow me to make calls, even though I'm able to join meetings. Teams is a joke.

[-] sznio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I also used to have that message but it seems like they've got that back in order.

I remember that back then you could download an extension to pretend your user agent was Chrome and Teams would work flawlessly.

[-] zumi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

It is, which is why I avoid it. The amount of power VSCode consumes vs others is significant. Jetbrains products even have a low power mode which turns off indexing. Can run that thing all day long without plugging in.

I also use Ripcord for slack instead of that electron client.

I always avoid electron apps so I don't have to have a separate flow when I am on battery vs plugged in.

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