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Microsoft says new Copilot Windows 11 app is native, but NO. It's a WebView, uses 1GB RAM
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this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
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But like why? The main reason you use WebView or electron or anything like that is to easily make it for different OS's and form factors like mobile.
The copilot app will be running on windows only. Sure there's windows for arm now too but like why WebView?
There's an overabundance of competent-ish frontend developers. You most likely need to pay the devs less, compared to someone writing it with e.g. C++, and finding people with relevant experience takes less time. You also get things like a ready-made sandbox and the ability to re-use UI components from other web services, which simplifies application development. So my guess is that this is done to save money.
Also, the more things are running in an embedded browser the more reasons M$ has to bake Edge into the OS, without raising eyebrows as to why they're providing it as a default (look it's a system tool as well, not just a browser).
But windows has C#
The web as a layout tool is so far ahead of anything that was ever in Windows as to be from another planet.
That's the main reason it's used now. Making things look nice without having to reinvent the wheel. I guess fuck me for not wanting simple apps to use several GB of RAM.
Who says that their ultimate goals are limited to Windows only?
Because they fail everywhere else
Didn't they release Cortana as a mobile app at some point?
I thought that was just for windows phones but I could be wrong.