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As you say, several of these are also available on Windows - I can't think why anyone developing such software would not make them available on multiple platfor

As you say, several of these are also available on Windows - I can't think why anyone developing such software would not make them available on multiple platforms.

zepto 5y ago
> I can't think why anyone developing such software would not make them available on multiple platforms. Because it’s a lot more work, and because it’s next to impossible to create a great cross platform app with a native feeling UI.
- ficklepoet 5y ago
  > it’s next to impossible to create a great cross platform app with a native feeling UI And who do we have to thank for that? Perhaps there's some business out there that made a chocolate-themed UI toolkit that was notoriously proprietary and unworkable, so much so that it drove the industry into a software drought that only let up when x86 was fully standardized? Maybe I'm just spitballing here.
  - zepto 5y ago
    This comment makes no sense at all. You’ll need to explain it. What ‘software drought’ are you talking about?
herbst 5y ago
Sometimes because APIs? Back when I had a Mac forced on me I was surprised how fast you can discover files and software, something windows back then simply has not managed to offer via their API. The 'finder' or whatever that tool was called simply felt wrong on windows, nothing like the original. One different example may is the gnome shell desktop. Many of us who use it have basically overcome the win95 approach of desktop design. There is as far as I know no equivalent on windows or Mac. And a port would not be possible as you can't replace their window managers. Then there is the whole Linux standard toolset, that yes works on windows these days, but obviously feels very foreign and doesn't integrate well to the system. It's not only a matter of porting software when some things are so fundamentally different

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As you say, several of these are also available on Windows - I can't think why anyone developing such software would not make them available on multiple platfor

by zabzonk 5y ago

As you say, several of these are also available on Windows - I can't think why anyone developing such software would not make them available on multiple platforms.

zepto 5y ago
> I can't think why anyone developing such software would not make them available on multiple platforms. Because it’s a lot more work, and because it’s next to impossible to create a great cross platform app with a native feeling UI.
- ficklepoet 5y ago
  > it’s next to impossible to create a great cross platform app with a native feeling UI And who do we have to thank for that? Perhaps there's some business out there that made a chocolate-themed UI toolkit that was notoriously proprietary and unworkable, so much so that it drove the industry into a software drought that only let up when x86 was fully standardized? Maybe I'm just spitballing here.
  - zepto 5y ago
    This comment makes no sense at all. You’ll need to explain it. What ‘software drought’ are you talking about?
herbst 5y ago
Sometimes because APIs? Back when I had a Mac forced on me I was surprised how fast you can discover files and software, something windows back then simply has not managed to offer via their API. The 'finder' or whatever that tool was called simply felt wrong on windows, nothing like the original. One different example may is the gnome shell desktop. Many of us who use it have basically overcome the win95 approach of desktop design. There is as far as I know no equivalent on windows or Mac. And a port would not be possible as you can't replace their window managers. Then there is the whole Linux standard toolset, that yes works on windows these days, but obviously feels very foreign and doesn't integrate well to the system. It's not only a matter of porting software when some things are so fundamentally different