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how about not using web technologies to make spreadsheet software ?

• bvan 3y ago
  Yes, please.
• dsagal 3y ago
  Incidentally, Grist runs on the desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux), see https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-electron https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-electron.
  • rrdharan 3y ago
    … using web technologies (it’s an Electron app).
• wg0 3y ago
  I think web technologies have gone too far and too mature. The alternatives are not as much portable and approachable for some applications. For instance, Win32 API/Swift UI/GTK would be the surface area for a cross platform application. I am not counting Qt/wxWdigets. You can tell a Qt application from a mile away. And making an application look identical on all platforms is downright impossible. There would be noticeable differences.
  • SoftTalker 3y ago
    An application should not look identical on all platforms. It should instead follow the conventions of the platform.
    • peheje 3y ago
      Never understood this. I own Windows and Mac computers, Apple iPad and Android phone, and annoyed everytime software just doesn't look the same when I switch between platforms. Why must everything look different? That's why I love the web and web applications.