It seems like a lot of effort is being spent on supporting all of the major browsers out there, and working around the quirks that arise from pgAdmin4 being browser-based. Recognizing, however, that using a browser as he basis for screen output achieves a major goal of platform independence, I have to wonder if it might make more sense to target someone’s “web view” software (e.g. a lightweight browser designed for generating output from a local server/daemon, and not loaded down with all the extra “stuff” that comes from hitting any web server in the world and trying to be everything to everyone as the major browsers do.
One example of the quirks that I refer to are the hoops you (as the software developers) and us (as the users) have to go through to get a “standalone” desktop version that does a reasonable job “as compared to other desktop software” of restoring state when reloaded. All the extra work of configuring the local system, etc. would be unnecessary with a dedicated web view. All the effort to support all of the major browsers would be unnecessary, etc. Are there sound technical reasons why this approach has not been adopted?
