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There are things like Qt Designer and Glade for GTK; I don't see why that can't exist for the web. The layout system for most toolkits are less complex than HTM
by Beltalowda 4y ago
There are things like Qt Designer and Glade for GTK; I don't see why that can't exist for the web. The layout system for most toolkits are less complex than HTML/CSS though, and since CSS isn't that difficult it's just a poor effort/benefit trade-off.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of "website building tools" that don't offer all features but more than enough for most normal non-programmers looking to create a site, and these go back a long time (e.g. Geocities).
- tonto 4y agoThe comparison to desktop native is interesting because you could also just not style everything to hell with css and...there you are, you are native styled with the web
- Beltalowda 4y agoThe default style for the web kind of sucks though, so that's a bit of an issue. It also doesn't include a rich set of "widgets" that you get with Qt and GTK, so you often need to provide your own. Also both Qt and GTK support styling with CSS by the way.
- SemanticStrengh 4y ago> Also both Qt and GTK support styling with CSS by the way. Except they support what, 20% of the CSS rules? The same goes for react native btw.
- majormajor 4y agoOne big difference between websites/webapps and native apps is that your app is also often your sales page - or at least made with the same technology. You could dress up the box and the press kit for your system-toolkit-using desktop app, but now all that is done on the web, and everyone still wants to stand out. The late-stage desktop app era even saw this creep into those, after all: MS Office's ribbon, Apple's brushed metal, etc.