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> The point is the web is capable of these things, sometime with a large team sometime with a tiny one. The thing is... when you say "the web is capable", keep
by illiarian 4y ago
> The point is the web is capable of these things, sometime with a large team sometime with a tiny one.
The thing is... when you say "the web is capable", keep in mind that it's always one or two of the following:
- it's an insane effort to get something working (VS Code, Figma)
- it's not using web tech, not really, but desktop tech that is usually 5-10 years behind the actual desktop tech (WebGL in Figma and Photopea, Canvas in Google Docs)
And even there it's still multiple unresolved issues like font rendering, accessibility and a plethora of others.
Edit: Speaking of Photopea: I'm always in awe of people who can not only build a complex app, but also build an entire library of controls and a design system, too. Because the web's controls are is just so, so, so poor.