JSPaint.exe

Creative

paint program

SHOW HN2020

20points
5comments
#1,694of 3,028 in 2020
Top 56%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Execution: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Avoids Electron, much smaller than Electron apps

    From 1 comment
    • I'm guessing the original binary would be under 1Mb probably around 220 Kb, but i don't know. Which makes this 10 to 50 times larger. Still, better than Electron by 10 times, 10…
      graderjs on HN

Objections

  • Forces installing Chrome via a node console

    From 1 comment
    • Just tried this, expecting it to function like an electron app. Did not expect it to pop open a node console and start to force install Chrome. It'd be nice to use this without…
      cift on HN
  • Binary is much larger than the original app

    From 2 comments
    • I wonder how big is the size difference of the binary. Original app is surely many times smaller as usual.
      k4rli on HN
    • I'm guessing the original binary would be under 1Mb probably around 220 Kb, but i don't know. Which makes this 10 to 50 times larger. Still, better than Electron by 10 times, 10…
      graderjs on HN

Requests

  • Support Firefox or Brave instead of Chrome

    From 1 comment
    • Just tried this, expecting it to function like an electron app. Did not expect it to pop open a node console and start to force install Chrome. It'd be nice to use this without…
      cift on HN

Questions

  • How is rendering done without Electron?

    From 1 comment
    • Wait, if this doesn't use Electron how are you rendering everything?
      ChickeNES on HN

Alternatives named

  • Electron

    From 1 comment
    • I'm guessing the original binary would be under 1Mb probably around 220 Kb, but i don't know. Which makes this 10 to 50 times larger. Still, better than Electron by 10 times, 10…
      graderjs on HN

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