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In the 1800s we could have faced that ploughing 300 acres would always need 30 horses and 30 strong laborers. Or that 64kB of RAM was plenty enough to make all

In the 1800s we could have faced that ploughing 300 acres would always need 30 horses and 30 strong laborers. Or that 64kB of RAM was plenty enough to make all the software we needed. I would rather always dream big and help invent the future.

CSSer 2y ago
It’s not that we don’t want to dream. I’m right there with you. The issue with your examples is that they aren’t political but UI design languages are. Imagine if the UN appointed one ambassador to unilaterally represent every Slavic country simply because they all happen to speak similar languages or be located close to one another. The issue lies not with the implementation but the requirements themselves. Each platform has its own design philosophies that either conflict with other platforms or, in some cases, are simply so vague as to be incoherent. Sometimes it even looks like competitive subterfuge.
- Muromec 2y ago
  >Imagine if the UN appointed one ambassador to unilaterally represent every Slavic country simply because they all happen to speak similar languages or be located close to one another. That would immediately bring the world one step closed to the peace in the Middle East
  - foldr 2y ago
    > That would immediately bring the world one step closed to the peace in the Middle East There was a line from the Onion’s vox pop series that summed the situation up perfectly: “In these times of division and strife, they should turn to the Bible for help.”
shortrounddev2 2y ago
I think tailoring each app to the platform you're targeting will always look better than cutting corners. Especially if you can integrate your app into the native styles of the target platform rather than just embedding custom CSS into every application so the target platforms lose all character entirely
Muromec 2y ago
It depends on who you ask whether software development is like agriculture or like some other types of work. Building a cathedral still takes about a 100 years like it did half a millenium ago.

CSSer 2y ago

It’s not that we don’t want to dream. I’m right there with you. The issue with your examples is that they aren’t political but UI design languages are. Imagine if the UN appointed one ambassador to unilaterally represent every Slavic country simply because they all happen to speak similar languages or be located close to one another. The issue lies not with the implementation but the requirements themselves. Each platform has its own design philosophies that either conflict with other platforms or, in some cases, are simply so vague as to be incoherent. Sometimes it even looks like competitive subterfuge.

Muromec 2y ago
>Imagine if the UN appointed one ambassador to unilaterally represent every Slavic country simply because they all happen to speak similar languages or be located close to one another. That would immediately bring the world one step closed to the peace in the Middle East
- foldr 2y ago
  > That would immediately bring the world one step closed to the peace in the Middle East There was a line from the Onion’s vox pop series that summed the situation up perfectly: “In these times of division and strife, they should turn to the Bible for help.”

shortrounddev2 2y ago

I think tailoring each app to the platform you're targeting will always look better than cutting corners. Especially if you can integrate your app into the native styles of the target platform rather than just embedding custom CSS into every application so the target platforms lose all character entirely

Muromec 2y ago

It depends on who you ask whether software development is like agriculture or like some other types of work. Building a cathedral still takes about a 100 years like it did half a millenium ago.