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If you are going to expect me to run your software in an always-on manner, I would greatly appreciate a native application. I frequently do light computing on

If you are going to expect me to run your software in an always-on manner, I would greatly appreciate a native application. I frequently do light computing on a Surface Go. It's a delightful little device and I love it, but it is not powerful enough that I can leave gmail, Slack, and Discord open all the time. I don't have enough RAM to run another web application but I could very easily afford a native app or two.

znpy 6y ago
I have an old ThinkPad X200s that I turn on from time to time. I keep a fedora installed and updated just in case, and since I'm there, i also sync my nextcloud stuff. E-mails using claws-mail are not a problem. It generally runs fast enough until I open firefox and web stuff in general.
- squarefoot 6y ago
  Claws Mail on an old Atom is a lot faster than webmail on pretty much anything else. This probably illustrates best the difference between the two approaches.
  - pmlnr 6y ago
    I remember times when webmail basically meant squirrel mail. It was fast over an 56k modem, but desktop was always better. http://www.squirrelmail.org/ http://www.squirrelmail.org/
pmlnr 6y ago
There's a pidgin plugin for discord. While pidgin is dated and has issues, the existence of it shows that even modern chat systems could be made fast. https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-discord https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-discord
analog31 6y ago
Indeed, I asked on another HN thread, why do you developers need so much RAM, and I got lots of good answers. But it occurs to me that a few lightweight, quick-starting apps will help me stave off the day when I have to get a new PC because my old one ran out of juice. I'm not sure that's enough of a reason to develop a commercial app, because tightwads like me also like our stuff to be free.