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> OS vendors use everything in their power to make you not want to develop native apps for their platform I'm not sure this is true. Cocoa remains one of the m
by vintagedave 8mo ago
> OS vendors use everything in their power to make you not want to develop native apps for their platform
I'm not sure this is true. Cocoa remains one of the most amazing libraries ever. Delphi's VCL is the same (Win32, ugh, but the VCL is native, and it's wonderful.)
The difference perhaps is that you need to re-implement. And there is a very good question: if AI boosts productivity so much, why is this not now being done even by AI companies?
I suspect the reason is not that it's not possible, but that native user experience is not a value. Since circa 2012 (the loss of Aqua, Windows 8) native UI as a driving force in user experience by OS vendors lost value; the web replaced it with different UIs per site/app; and the OS experience of generic, boring UI meant that the OS receded into the background. It's only folks who experienced what good OS-driven UI was that value it, and I worry that they don't have a voice.
But Anthropic could, if they chose, demonstrate the value of their AI productivity extremely effectively by building a native version of Claude Desktop for Win/Mac/Linux. And they might do some good for design/engineering trends around UX at the same time as well.