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This all indicates that browsers and html/css are bad tools for creating UI. Long term I think we'll eventually see the ability to interact with the local syst
by RandoHolmes 6y ago
This all indicates that browsers and html/css are bad tools for creating UI.
Long term I think we'll eventually see the ability to interact with the local system via the browser, and we'll start seeing more things like "QT for the web".
Because if we don't, at some point it's all going to just fall over.
- sparks1970 6y agoQooxdoo? https://qooxdoo.org/ https://qooxdoo.org/ ?
- heavyset_go 6y agoQt for the web already exists within Qt.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoThat is not what I'm referring to, you're concentrating too hard on the specific example rather than the idea behind it.
- deergomoo 6y agoYes. HTML is a terrible platform for applications. It provides basically nothing and I am continually surprised that it doesn’t seem to be a major focus for improvement like JS and CSS. I don’t need more types of semantic rectangle, I need actual real UI controls that are efficiently rendered and accessible by default, so I don’t have to build everything from scratch. The fact that there’s no built-in element for things like dropdown menus is mind boggling to me. That’s GUI component #0; menus have existed for as long as GUIs have! I feel that Houdini may eventually solve CSS’ shortcomings for application UI layout, but being stuck with HTML is like trying to build an aeroplane with sticks and mud.
- pattycakes 6y ago>The fact that there’s no built-in element for things like dropdown menus is mind boggling to me. You mean the select tag?
- deergomoo 6y agoNo, I mean like a pull down menu. Like when you click “File” or “Edit” on $desktopOS