They are using GPUI. Rust native UI franework from the Zed IDE team. I think the creator of Zed is the one who created Electron in tbe first place, then left. I’m not usre though.
They are using GPUI. Rust native UI franework from the Zed IDE team. I think the creator of Zed is the one who created Electron in tbe first place, then left. I’m not usre though.
RustySharp@programming.dev 5 days ago
It’s a bold strategy. “Electron sucks! Let’s see what else these people made”.
But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI?
phailhaus@piefed.social 5 days ago
It’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
A lot of people talk and stream to their friends. If I only needed a text app, I would not use discord at all.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 days ago
henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 days ago
Really depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Because without it UI changes create CPU spikes
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 4 days ago
It doesn’t hurt to have the component that is optimized for drawing things to the screen be a bit more involved in drawing things to the screen.
Strictly speaking necessary? No. Does it hurt? Not at all.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 days ago
People use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.