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> So then the questions are 'What would make for a better cross-platform development experience?' (Chromium embedded framework not included) and 'How do we make
by BrenBarn 2y ago
> So then the questions are 'What would make for a better cross-platform development experience?' (Chromium embedded framework not included) and 'How do we make app distribution seamless?'
The question for me isn't what would make for a better developer experience, it's what would make for a better user experience. And, personally, as a user, what makes my experience better is when I get to decide how an app looks and works, and the developer's say in that is more limited. That is the big flaw with web apps: too many app authors want to be artists and want to create custom interfaces and lots of shiny gizmos. I want apps to generally be using standardized widgets like menus and buttons whose look and feel is determined by the user's platform preferences and are not a bespoke creation of the app author.
- somenameforme 2y agoI couldn't agree more, though it's kind of unfortunate that OS's are also going in the same direction. As meaningful innovation has, more or less, ended in the OS world - instead it's OS with shiny things I don't want, making controls look different just for the sake of looking different - sorry "new", packed with ad-tech I don't want, and soon undoubtedly to be packed with "AI" tech which I don't want. And all of this forced upon you thanks to imposed obsolescence with things like hardware [in]compatibility with older OSs. The entire tech world is really screwed up with how adversarial companies have become with their "customers."
- BrenBarn 2y agoYeah, when I found out what "client side decorations" are a little bit of me died inside. :-)