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HTML everywhere killed professional-looking GUI’s. Web devs generally are clueless about application GUI design and usability. It’s sad.

by bvan 3y ago

Waterluvian 3y ago
Web devs: they’re all clueless, they’re all lesser, but for the life of me I just can’t seem to make the UI I want and by gum it’s all their fault.
- thunky 3y ago
  I think the problem is that devs believe they need to create a unique snowflake app every time, each with it's own special sauce. Visual basic was different because there was only one way to create a button, so no way to over engineer a new button component. All apps looked the same and nobody cared.
  - alyandon 3y ago
    Visual Basic had control styling and the ability to even create custom components as well. For example, I created a textbox control with built-in validation logic in a matter of minutes and was able to drag/drop the control like any other native control onto forms. I never cared much for VB as a language - but the IDE around it and the ability to very quickly create complex GUI applications was phenomenal.
  - yboris 3y ago
    "The problem" might be that people in this thread and others get frustrated because others have different goals than them. Of course Electron is overkill for a single-button application. But Visual Basic is absolutely going to be a headache if you want a custom GUI. Pick the tool that's right for the job! I build this with Electron: https://videohubapp.com/ https://videohubapp.com/ Good luck having infinite scroll in a gallery that is butter-smooth using something else (that also doesn't require months of learning new tools) and is cross-platform(!!!).
  - marssaxman 3y ago
    > All apps looked the same and nobody cared We actually cared a lot, just in the opposite direction - apps which didn't look the same were weird and bad.

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HTML everywhere killed professional-looking GUI’s. Web devs generally are clueless about application GUI design and usability. It’s sad.

by bvan 3y ago

HTML everywhere killed professional-looking GUI’s. Web devs generally are clueless about application GUI design and usability. It’s sad.

Waterluvian 3y ago
Web devs: they’re all clueless, they’re all lesser, but for the life of me I just can’t seem to make the UI I want and by gum it’s all their fault.
- thunky 3y ago
  I think the problem is that devs believe they need to create a unique snowflake app every time, each with it's own special sauce. Visual basic was different because there was only one way to create a button, so no way to over engineer a new button component. All apps looked the same and nobody cared.
  - alyandon 3y ago
    Visual Basic had control styling and the ability to even create custom components as well. For example, I created a textbox control with built-in validation logic in a matter of minutes and was able to drag/drop the control like any other native control onto forms. I never cared much for VB as a language - but the IDE around it and the ability to very quickly create complex GUI applications was phenomenal.
  - yboris 3y ago
    "The problem" might be that people in this thread and others get frustrated because others have different goals than them. Of course Electron is overkill for a single-button application. But Visual Basic is absolutely going to be a headache if you want a custom GUI. Pick the tool that's right for the job! I build this with Electron: https://videohubapp.com/ https://videohubapp.com/ Good luck having infinite scroll in a gallery that is butter-smooth using something else (that also doesn't require months of learning new tools) and is cross-platform(!!!).
  - marssaxman 3y ago
    > All apps looked the same and nobody cared We actually cared a lot, just in the opposite direction - apps which didn't look the same were weird and bad.