Responsive (in terms of interaction with components) and lightweightedness were our top priorities when we started developing (~3 years ago) and no third party solutions seemed to fit the bill back then. Always a fear as well of reliance on third parties for such an important part of the product - is a very large technical risk for the entire business.
We're pleased with the results, our entire app is smaller than the Apple homepage (usable after ~1MB of network transfer) and often starts up faster than our C++ native Windows predecessor. Bloating third party solutions could add significant %'s onto the download size - the example HN React Clone is a comparible size to our product: http://www.hnclone.win/
There was a lot of resistance from users initially when we announced the future of our product would be in the browser and not the native desktop app they were currently using, but we do get emails from users saying after using it for a while they forget they are working in the browser which is amazing.
If we started developing today, I think we'd still roll our own.
Responsive (in terms of interaction with components) and lightweightedness were our top priorities when we started developing (~3 years ago) and no third party solutions seemed to fit the bill back then. Always a fear as well of reliance on third parties for such an important part of the product - is a very large technical risk for the entire business.
We're pleased with the results, our entire app is smaller than the Apple homepage (usable after ~1MB of network transfer) and often starts up faster than our C++ native Windows predecessor. Bloating third party solutions could add significant %'s onto the download size - the example HN React Clone is a comparible size to our product: http://www.hnclone.win/
There was a lot of resistance from users initially when we announced the future of our product would be in the browser and not the native desktop app they were currently using, but we do get emails from users saying after using it for a while they forget they are working in the browser which is amazing.
If we started developing today, I think we'd still roll our own.