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> More important than native looking is to have a GUI that is fast, efficient and accesible. The best option that provides this in a cross platform way is QT. J

by bpye 4y ago

> More important than native looking is to have a GUI that is fast, efficient and accesible. The best option that provides this in a cross platform way is QT. Java Swing and JavaFX are also good options. I would echo this. Consider applications like Photoshop or Blender, these don't really have a 'native' feel anywhere but their UX is generally responsive. On the other hand you have Electron applications that don't feel native and are also sluggish...

brokenmachine 4y ago
What does Photoshop use?
- ansgri 4y ago
  As it’s very old, probably an in-house framework.
udbhavs 4y ago
FL Studio is written in Delphi and the UI is very snappy and modern with a lot of animations.
- p_l 4y ago
  Delphi always had a very good and fast UI library, the only complaint in the older days was that it made for big binaries because VCL would get statically linked
  - zeroc8 4y ago
    Yes, but a big binary means 1MB. Nowadays a Helloworld webapp needs more.
mdre 4y ago
Blender's UI is rendered with openGL and it's glorious. Photoshop is getting really slow in my opinion since 2015. I see all those Chromium processes running with it and wonder just how much of its stuff is being replaced with this slow shitty code. Everything 'modern' that has rounded edges feels just slow and laggy.