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Muhammad Hasnain • Edited

Carlo felt like a much better approach but I find the same problems with it.

  1. No longer maintained.
  2. Reduces size but still uses Chrome which isn't any better.
  3. Like you mentioned, what if the user don't have Chrome installed.
  4. Most app ideas are small in scope and the tips you provide will not have an impact on the performance. (For instance, I was thinking about a screenshot app with basic drawing and cropping capabilities as there is no native or a reliable free app that I know of)

I guess we're just simply stuck. I was thinking about creating a screenshot application but a 120 MBs screenshot app with Electron doesn't looks like it is worth it. I did use an Electron based screen recorder and it is pretty famous. It was way too slow and I had to remove it.