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not really a desktop app though, is it? And Minecraft is also a notable outlier. Outside of mobile, there are very few games written in java on PC or consoles.
by cgrealy 5y ago
not really a desktop app though, is it?
And Minecraft is also a notable outlier. Outside of mobile, there are very few games written in java on PC or consoles.
- RhodesianHunter 5y agoHow is it not a desktop app? Millions play it on their desktop.
- commandlinefan 5y agoStill, not really in the sense of the article - he's talking about desktop apps like word processors or email clients: Minecraft's GUI is just a big canvas that the 3D renderer renders into. It's not using any windowing components - IIRC, even the menu and buttons were custom.
- bombcar 5y agoMinecraft can pop up GUI windows but even mods rarely do it. Running a server without nogui gets a window also.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoLimewire tho
- bruce343434 5y agoMinecraft is an application which runs on the desktop... I don't see what you mean.
- cgrealy 5y agoIt's a game. It's UI is full screen and completely divorced from "standard" UI elements (WIMP, etc). You can call it a desktop app, and you'd be correct in the most pedantic sense, but then every web app is also a desktop app since you run it on a desktop.
- mellinoe 5y agoChrome the browser is a desktop application, websites you visit in it are not.
- smrtinsert 5y agoThat's right let's not forget about the famous Ruby and Javascript desktop games that have outsold Minecraft...