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The “bare metal” approach (which in practice would be something like GL, right?) is good for games, but is it good for apps? Ideally you want something that us
by iainmerrick 4y ago
The “bare metal” approach (which in practice would be something like GL, right?) is good for games, but is it good for apps?
Ideally you want something that uses the host’s UI conventions, works correctly with keyboard shortcuts, uses accessibility APIs, can drag-and-drop with other apps, etc. Using a DOM UI will get you a lot of that without too much effort. Using a WebGL UI won’t.
- cercatrova 4y agoI'd say it is good for apps, as long as the framework developer also adds those things you mentioned into the framework. Flutter currently has decent shortcuts and accessibility. Of course, if they don't add these in, then yes it will be worse than a DOM UI, if only because the DOM has been engineered over the past few decades to add these features in natively.
- iainmerrick 4y agoI didn’t know that about Flutter! What’s a good example of a desktop app built using their framework?