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> Nobody cared about writing Desktop apps before Electron came along, there's basically zero money in it Wut? So the whole Mac App Store, MS Office Suite, Ado
by gkya 10y ago
> Nobody cared about writing Desktop apps before Electron came along, there's basically zero money in it
Wut? So the whole Mac App Store, MS Office Suite, Adobe's apps, many other stuff were just a dream? Until Electron desktop was dead? You're bending facts here, and I hope that's because you don't know much about the stuff you're talking about.
Desktop is big, just that other things have grown bigger. That doesn't mean desktop is/was ever obsolete or losing it's utility.
- spiderfarmer 10y agoI guess he meant Indie developers. I am one. I didn't care, but do now.
- mantas 10y agoEh? Indie developers thrived on Mac ecosystem for years.
- vram22 10y agoAnd also on Windows, and even on DOS, before Windows. Googling terms like "shareware" and its history (not the only model, there were, of course, outright paid products too), will show some stories, maybe not a lot, since some of this was before the web, so not archived. But will show enough to get an idea. Jim Button was a classic example, but there were many other indie devs (many of them one-man shows), who may not have made it so big, but made good money from desktop apps. Google term: shareware jim button Edited to add: http://asp-software.org/www/history/the-origin-of-shareware/ http://asp-software.org/www/history/the-origin-of-shareware/
- LeoNatan25 10y agoBy "nobody", he means JavaScript "hackers" (his term) and webdevs. How joyful that those types of "devs" are now excited and "care" about desktop and mobile development.
- gkya 10y agoLimiting oneself to JavaScript is quite limiting. Just like a polyglot person is has access to way more information, cultures and fun than a monolingual one; a polyglot programmer too has access to more tools, paradigms and fun. Also, hammering everything as if all the stuff was nails is not hacking at all.
- chillacy 10y agoIronically the Mac App Store itself is basically just a WebView in a window, and you're essentially browsing a website (DOM and JS and everything) with extra privileges with the host OS.
- gkya 10y agoI don't see the irony there. And even if there's one, that's irrelevant anyways, the important thing is what's sold thru the app store.