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Electron apps are ruining the Windows 11 experience, and even the JavaScript creator has warned against ‘rushed web UX over native,’ but it doesn’t look like that will change Microsoft’s plans. In a post on X and other places, Microsoft reaffirmed its commitment to AI in Windows 11 and encouraged Electron developers to consider using AI in their apps.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 23 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)
  1. Not really surprising considering Windows seems to be increasingly swapping their native shell components for Web Views (you can tell because sometimes they fail to load (: )

  2. You know it's bad when Brendan fucking Eich is the reasonable one

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Why is settings getting so bad, its like using a nonfunctional electron app.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Ah that explains so much.

They turned themselves into users of their own zero code solutions for shitware.