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So, your claim is that using electron has got nothing to do with it being easier or simpler. It's just running off inertia?

• sametmax 10y ago
  HTLM + CSS is right now the easiest combo to create a really custom UI. Try to do something very custo with QT or Wx that is portable and you'll notice it's way, way more work. Combine that with the face web dev already know HTML + CSS and the related tooling, and you got the answer. Electron apps are slow, eats a lot of resources, weight a lot of Mo and don't have a native UI integrated with the OS. You really need a SUPER good reason to use it. And the reason is it's familiar, easier and more productive.
  • ori_b 10y ago
    Is it? Looks pretty easy to me: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtquick-canvas-example.html http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtquick-canvas-example.html You get a full scene graph to play with. What exactly do you think is missing? http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtquick-visualcanvas-scenegraph.html http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtquick-visualcanvas-scenegraph.html
    • chii 10y ago
      the fact that you have to use a scene graph?
      • ori_b 10y ago
        What would you use in HTML for a completely custom component? As far as I understand, you'd have to build your own scene graph on top of a canvas. I mean, if you want standard or semi-standard components, QT has far more out of the box components than HTML does, but the initial complaint was about flexibility for doing something 'very custom'.