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Microsoft switched from Electron to their own WebView2 a while ago.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview...

Main difference, electron bundles all of chrome with every app. WebView2 can do that, but the recommended route is one that shares the runtime across multiple apps (what ms does). So you end up with just 1 webview2 on the system + your app specific code ultimately significantly shrinking the distribution size.

MSHTML.dll reborn

Mostly, yes. But since they upstream Chromium, it is more likely to remain evergreen than MSHTML ever was.

Electron is NodeJS + Chromium + Some native control APIs (trays/menus/shortcuts/window management) + update & packaging.

So a lot more can be done with an electron app, while still staying mostly in the web based comfort zone.

I think you meant Chrom(e|ium). Chrom{e,ium} expands out to Chrome Chromium. Which isn't what you meant, I think.