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I've been trying to create a platform-agnostic styling language for UI designers. The idea is to create a flexible-enough representation of GUIs that each platf

I've been trying to create a platform-agnostic styling language for UI designers. The idea is to create a flexible-enough representation of GUIs that each platform could implement it while maintaining their own visual identity. One thing that has held me back is that I'm strictly a web developer - never built a native GUI. So I have no idea how realistic, feasible, or even desirable that is. Your comment makes me think it could actually be useful.

pc86 5y ago
It's certainly very desirable, which means the fact that it doesn't exist already is a huge red flag. Looking at the mobile space as a corollary, there still isn't a decent cross-platform Android/iOS UI library. Is Xamarin even still a thing? Not only would you have the same issues but more with Windows v. MacOS given the long legacy history of Windows UI compared to Android, but if you want it to be truly cross-platform you've got a couple thousand incantations of Linux-style systems to deal with as well. Based on market share alone[0] going Windows-only seems like a totally fine tradeoff if you want a native GUI. [0] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/ https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide...
- danielvaughn 5y ago
  The only cross-platform UIs I know of are Flutter and QT. Yeah the red flag scares me, especially since I'm not well versed in native/low-level graphics. There must be a good reason why it hasn't been created yet.