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> because of (IMO) Microsoft/Apple/Canonical. > If they had a really, really good GUI foundation. It is not true at all. They already have really nice GUI fou
by kbumsik 7y ago
> because of (IMO) Microsoft/Apple/Canonical.
> If they had a really, really good GUI foundation.
It is not true at all. They already have really nice GUI foundations. Brining the web tech to desktop apps gots so popular because the web is won so that devs are forced to make web apps, not because it is better than the "traditional" GUI development.
- danielscrubs 7y agoI'm not saying that traditional GUI development is worse. I'm saying that the users want shiny stuff that in many cases comes out of the box with Electron for example. Do I want to code in 3 languages, let the app swallow copious amounts of RAM and break behaviours that users expect? NO. Will they do a hard pass on software if it's not pretty enough? YES. If you want to chalk it up to not enough good themes in QT/JavaFX, that's fine two less languages and less packaging for them to worry about. But until those themes exist that makes the user turn its head...