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This is the correct way of doing it when a PWA doesn't cut it.

No need to push a full browser engine when the OS already has enough of them available.

It definitely is the 'correct' way of doing it, but it will mean you use IE when in windows, which is often/normally not the correct way

We still need to support IE 11 on our projects anyway.

Welcome to the corporate world.

> We still need to support IE 11

Not all of us. I'm happy to lose the 2.16% [1] in return for saving a lot in time and effort.

Lucky you, I usually do internal corporate applications.

Not if you are shipping chrome with your application. Isn't that part of the point of electron?

Being lazy is the point of Electron.

True today, but it won't be long until Edge Chromium. (Assuming Windows 10, that is.)

What are the top reasons an PWA wouldn't cut it?

You need to access some OS features not yet exposed as Web API, or you might need to still have a version for browsers like IE 11.