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What’s an example of a well made GTK or QT app in your opinion? And what would be the steel man Web app to compare that to?

• u8080 6mo ago
  Telegram Desktop (Qt)
  • vscode-rest 6mo ago
    We might contrast that with Slack, yes? This thread comes to mind: https://www.0xsid.com/blog/wont-download-your-app https://www.0xsid.com/blog/wont-download-your-app With Slack that’s trivial, Telegram impossible.
    • u8080 6mo ago
      Except Telegram Desktop is opensource and they also have full-functional Web version. But tdesktop is really well-made Qt piece of software, snappy, feature-rich and multi-platform.
      • vscode-rest 6mo ago
        Interesting, at first pass I’d say the source availability has little to do with the topic at hand. But on second thought it might be rather significant. No company would finance making 2x identical cross platform apps, but if you have a pool of OS folks who are free to contribute at their leisure, the calculus changes a bit.
        • u8080 6mo ago
          But isn't the whole point of linked article is that author doesn't like regular apps because it lacks control over UI and functionality compared to Web apps? Being open-source is kinda even better in that regard.
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