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Cross-platform toolkits are the lazy way. Good quality graphical apps are available in derivatives that match the interface guidelines and optimum toolkits/APIs

Cross-platform toolkits are the lazy way. Good quality graphical apps are available in derivatives that match the interface guidelines and optimum toolkits/APIs of their platforms.

betenoire 7y ago
I think I have a similar preference, but lazy and good are not mutually exclusive
- DagAgren 7y ago
  In this case, though, they are. There are no good cross platform UI kits, and there probably never will be.
  - dependenttypes 7y ago
    > There are no good cross platform UI kits Qt is one.
    - DagAgren 7y ago
      It is very, very far from "good" on macOS.
    - ptx 7y ago
      It's certainly the best one IMHO, but not necessarily good.
simonh 7y ago
Good quality graphical apps sounds great, but do those exist for every single use case? Unfortunately not. It doesn’t matter how great the native graphical sketching apps on MacOS and Windows are, that isn’t going to help me when what I want to do is analyse packet captures. That’s when I reach for Wireshark, and do so full of appreciation to the devs for the excellent tool they have provided. Would it be better us every platform I use it in had an equally high quality fully native port with full feature parity across platforms? Sure, but I also understand the huge extra commitment of resources that would require, so I’m content to let them choose the trade off that works for them.