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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41814.0&return_msg=41814.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.1">1–5</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41814.1">anyone used/ing Electron?</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41814_1_5_10"> <a name="a41814_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41814_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">29 Sep 2016 17:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.1">41814.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <a href="http://electron.atom.io">http://electron.atom.io</a><br /><br /> "With Electron, creating a desktop application for your company or idea is easy. Initially developed for GitHub's <a href="https://atom.io">Atom editor</a>, Electron has since been used to create applications by companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, and Docker."<br /><br /> OK, so the 'app' I (/we/client/s) have in mind is fairly simple -- brochure-ware (literally), maybe with some jquery trix, links to external web sites, steaming video & suchlike.<br /><br /> Here's the clunker: we need to be able to distribute it as a binary [-ish] file that could be attached to an email like a pdf, since said clients may have dodgy internet access due to state firewall, shitty reception or whatnot.<br /><br /> We tested interactive pdf but it is too limited, and does not work on mobile or for that matter non-acrobat, period.<br /><br /> Probably mainly for Windows but maybe other platforms, and have the codebase convertible to mobile -- which is why html 5.<br /><br /> Has anyone worked with Electron (which I hadn't even heard of until ~2-hours ago), or found other/better tools for this?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41814.1&return_msg=41814.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41814.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41814_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41814_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">29 Sep 2016 19:00</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Sep 2016 19:14"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.2">41814.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.1#a41814_1" target="_self">41814.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Is that the thing where you wrap up a website/webapp into a program itself?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41814.2&return_msg=41814.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41814.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41814_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41814_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">29 Sep 2016 19:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Sep 2016 19:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.3">41814.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.1#a41814_2" target="_self">41814.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, it embeds Chromium.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41814.3&return_msg=41814.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41814.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41814_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41814_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">29 Sep 2016 19:26</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Sep 2016 20:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.4">41814.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.1#a41814_3" target="_self">41814.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I had a quick look at it in my last job here - msg:41619.1 <br /><br /> From what I remember it didn't work as I wanted it to because the online system used was built specifically around firefox and some other things. As it wasn't my job I gave up after a small amount of playing.<br /><br /> This wasn't for sending embedded pages/sites though.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41814.4&return_msg=41814.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41814.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41814_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41814_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">29 Sep 2016 20:37</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Sep 2016 20:50"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.5">41814.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41814.1#a41814_4" target="_self">41814.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> This is supposed to be more flexible & complete than the firefox thing, from what I have gathered in a fairly minimal search.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41814.5&return_msg=41814.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41814.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>