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		userbinator on April 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 10 Hosted App Model Can a shared, system-wide Electron runtime be far behind? MS had a similar technology over a decade before Electron existed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_Application

mycall on April 4, 2020 | [–]

HTA still exists. For new apps? No thank you.

notRobot on April 4, 2020 | [–]

Indeed. HTA showed a lot of promise before MS deliberately crippled it in fear of "web technologies" overtaking desktop apps. A very interesting read: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost...

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