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I have so much shitty desktop software that could easily be a web app. The steelseries software that manages my usb headset, the crappy Garmin app that connects
by mvdtnz 2y ago
I have so much shitty desktop software that could easily be a web app. The steelseries software that manages my usb headset, the crappy Garmin app that connects to my watch, my Corsair keyboard software, that awful Logitech management software, etc.
- mqus 2y agoGreat, they are now websites. What happens if they decide to no longer host them in two years?
- zamadatix 2y agoWeb apps don't have to only be sourced from a live hosted website, though that is a particularly convenient way to grab them (or just temporarily use them without installing as a PWA instead). https://github.com/pwa-builder/PWABuilder https://github.com/pwa-builder/PWABuilder
- wpm 2y agoOdds are those shitty apps are web apps. This entire thread is a symptom of the lack of interest and stagnation of desktop software APIs. Does the Logitech mouse software need to consume 1GB of RAM so I can map a button? Of course not, but Logitech chose that approach because I dunno, trying to write a simple Cocoa app for Mac was too hard, made their brains hurt, so the complex job of “sending predefined configuration parameters in hex over Bluetooth” turns into “ship a small web browser because web devs are cheap as chips and wRiTe OnCE RuN eVeRyWhErE”
- zamadatix 2y agoGP is lamenting the apps ship an entire self-contained, often outdated, browser one must run and update separately for each app because they are desktop apps. Web apps just run as a page in your browser like any other site. Not everyone who has an issue with a former has an issue with the latter.
- bsder 2y agoSo, I suppose you would prefer to not use your Logitech mouse on macOS? If you don't make cross-platform feasible, you will wind up with Windows support only.