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Qt apps don't feel great on macOS, though it's by far the best for mac-ish UI. Dropbox was Qt for a long time and I'd argue it worked well for them. Its easy to
by iamcalledrob 6mo ago
Qt apps don't feel great on macOS, though it's by far the best for mac-ish UI. Dropbox was Qt for a long time and I'd argue it worked well for them. Its easy to fall into "uncanny valley".
On Linux, Qt apps feel a bit off in GNOME, though you can never satisfy everyone as its the wild west.
I think Qt also suffers from not really being anyone's favourite.
On the one hand, you have web developers who tend to not really appreciate the nuance of the desktop as a platform. They're not going to advocate for Qt, it's not CSS/HTML/JS.
On the other hand, you have native Mac developers who love Apple's toolkits (AppKit, maybe SwiftUI). They're not going to advocate for Qt either.
Lastly, you have native Windows developers who have been burned so many times they don't advocate for anything in life anymore.
- account42 6mo ago> On Linux, Qt apps feel a bit off in GNOME, though you can never satisfy everyone as its the wild west. It's much better than how GTK apps feel under Qt-based DEs - at least Qt tries to adapt to the DE style.
- throwaway2037 6mo ago> Lastly, you have native Windows developers who have been burned so many times they don't advocate for anything in life anymore. Bollocks. DotNet WinForms has been rock solid for 15 years. And there are so many good 3rd party widgets if you need them. If you prefer C++, then Windows Template Library (WTL) is also rock solid and released more than 20 years ago.