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who builds desktop applications anymore? it feels weird to say but i am starting to like them again after transitioning to basically 100% thin client/cloud serv

• bowsamic 4y ago
  I’m confused, do you not use desktop apps?
  • TillE 4y ago
    How many new desktop apps do you use (first released in the past ~5 years or so), and how many of them aren't Electron? Desktop GUI software is a pretty small niche. The web has eaten nearly everything, and games don't use native UI stuff.
    • SemanticStrengh 4y ago
      yes, the only market for new apps would be CLI, games and scientific computing/technical niches
    • bowsamic 4y ago
      The post I replied to implied that the rate of production of them is decreasing, and you are claiming this too. I’m not convinced about that.
  • nickstinemates 4y ago
    I did in the early days when the web sucked, then dhtml and web2.0 started and I completely swapped. Now I'm starting to again. I like them more the web apps. But no one is making them anymore
• danans 4y ago
  What qualifies as a "desktop application" these days? Is it any application designed primarily to work on a laptop or desktop form factor? A web application like SketchUp would qualify. Is it an application whose code is only stored locally, even if they don't work well with a laptop/desktop form factor? Any number of native mobile apps would qualify. What about a PWA that is cached locally but initially loaded via a URL?
  • nickstinemates 4y ago
    I don't consider electron apps or any thin veneer over some javascript to be a desktop app. I also don't consider native phone/tablet apps to be desktop apps
    • danans 4y ago
      > I don't consider electron apps or any thin veneer over some javascript to be a desktop app. So VSCode isn't a desktop app?