> But can't you use WASM to create GUI's like Photoshop, with no JavaScript or DOM? Yes, you can. If you have the time and the money. To quote Figma: "Pulling

> But can't you use WASM to create GUI's like Photoshop, with no JavaScript or DOM? Yes, you can. If you have the time and the money. To quote Figma: "Pulling this off was really hard; we’ve basically ended up building a browser inside a browser.": https://www.figma.com/blog/building-a-professional-design-tool-on-the-web/ https://www.figma.com/blog/building-a-professional-design-to... And that's just for the canvas part. Figma's UI is React. you need a good UI library if you want to do it like native. And native platforms have those. There's nothing of the sort for any of WebGL/Canvas/WebGPU