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> Here's one: cross-platform GUI apps will, without exception, feel subtly wrong on every platform. Each platform has its own "way" of doing things. Is that re
by bmitc 4y ago
> Here's one: cross-platform GUI apps will, without exception, feel subtly wrong on every platform. Each platform has its own "way" of doing things.
Is that really true though? No one cares about this for webapps, so why do they care about it on desktop apps? In my opinion, this is one thing that web apps have taught people, in that there isn't much sense anymore about having OS-specific "look and feel", if that is even a thing, and I think the OS-makers agree because even Windows and macOS are chock full of inconsistencies. And in general, I hate moving across apps, like Visual Studio and Outlook for example, that adopt the OS-isms of their host OS, because it means you gotta learn the same app twice.
About the only real difference are the way menu bars, toolbars, and docking are handled, and probably file pickers. Outside of that, I don't see why an app that looks the same across three different OSs is bad.
- indymike 4y ago> Is that really true though? No one cares about this for webapps, so why do they care about it on desktop apps? Web apps are easier to learn and functionality is more discoverable often at the price of having less functionality. Desktop apps are consistent, and have more functionality, but unlocking that functionality takes a lot of effort on the user's part.