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Tech Talk: How Electron went Wayland-native, and what it means for your apps | Electron
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this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2026
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I appreciate the clarification! However, 1. the original comment seemed to be talking about a simple uncustomized frame not looking correct, which sounds like the GNOME problem. And 2. the article still seems to imply Wayland means no SSD, as far as I can tell, which to my knowledge as a general statement isn't true.
Therefore, I apologize for misreading the main intention of the article, but I think there are multiple reasons why people might misread it. Perhaps some clarifications could help?
Yeah, what Vittelius mentioned is correct, it's more that I don't like how most Electron apps on Linux look due to the lack of CSD, causing that flat shadowless look in the screenshot with VS Code next to Dolphin. So, if anything here's to hoping more devs will test their Electron apps on Linux Desktop Environments/windowing systems to make their apps look more native in these environments. But I do appreciate the clarification on SSD, it's nice for me to finally learn the terminology used to describe why I find most Electron apps on Linux to look janky.