▲ 148 ▼ Proton Mail finally gets a desktop app for encrypted email and calendar (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by admin@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago (1 child) why does it matter? because most people use more than one program at the same time? fire up that one along with, I dunno, Spotify and Discord and Slack, and suddenly your midrange laptop's RAM is all but gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boff@lemmy.one 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Same thing happens to me if I were to open each of those apps as chrome tabs. The apps you listed provide a web version also. Adding choice to the customer experience is a good thing! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Adding choice to the customer "you can have your memory eaten by our website in your browser, or by our website in a separate browser window wearing fake moustache and glasses" doesn't seem to be much of a choice. meanwhile if you launch their services using something other than a glorified Chrome tab, like spotify-qt or ripcord, they both end up consuming like one tenth of the resources the official clients do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boff@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago Why do you think everyone cares to optimize every single ounce of their ram memory. There is a lot more to UX than that. I would rather an imperfect choice than none at all permalink fedilink source parent [–] nobloat@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a bad analogy. A browser with 5 tabs is not like having 5 different browsers open. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boff@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) User experience is not just about optimizing every little bit of your RAM consumption. They're are plenty of other factors as well permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anlumo@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Yes, and UX is bad in web applications. I‘m saying that as a web application developer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boff@lemmy.one 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Same thing happens to me if I were to open each of those apps as chrome tabs. The apps you listed provide a web version also. Adding choice to the customer experience is a good thing! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Adding choice to the customer "you can have your memory eaten by our website in your browser, or by our website in a separate browser window wearing fake moustache and glasses" doesn't seem to be much of a choice. meanwhile if you launch their services using something other than a glorified Chrome tab, like spotify-qt or ripcord, they both end up consuming like one tenth of the resources the official clients do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boff@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago Why do you think everyone cares to optimize every single ounce of their ram memory. There is a lot more to UX than that. I would rather an imperfect choice than none at all permalink fedilink source parent [–] nobloat@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a bad analogy. A browser with 5 tabs is not like having 5 different browsers open. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boff@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) User experience is not just about optimizing every little bit of your RAM consumption. They're are plenty of other factors as well permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anlumo@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Yes, and UX is bad in web applications. I‘m saying that as a web application developer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Adding choice to the customer "you can have your memory eaten by our website in your browser, or by our website in a separate browser window wearing fake moustache and glasses" doesn't seem to be much of a choice. meanwhile if you launch their services using something other than a glorified Chrome tab, like spotify-qt or ripcord, they both end up consuming like one tenth of the resources the official clients do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boff@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago Why do you think everyone cares to optimize every single ounce of their ram memory. There is a lot more to UX than that. I would rather an imperfect choice than none at all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boff@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago Why do you think everyone cares to optimize every single ounce of their ram memory. There is a lot more to UX than that. I would rather an imperfect choice than none at all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nobloat@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's a bad analogy. A browser with 5 tabs is not like having 5 different browsers open. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boff@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) User experience is not just about optimizing every little bit of your RAM consumption. They're are plenty of other factors as well permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anlumo@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Yes, and UX is bad in web applications. I‘m saying that as a web application developer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boff@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) User experience is not just about optimizing every little bit of your RAM consumption. They're are plenty of other factors as well permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anlumo@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Yes, and UX is bad in web applications. I‘m saying that as a web application developer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anlumo@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Yes, and UX is bad in web applications. I‘m saying that as a web application developer. permalink fedilink source parent