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cross-platform is overstatement. can I run it on Android? iOS? no? then 99.999999% of real world users cannot access it. and if it is desktop oly, what is the
by 5701652400 3mo ago
cross-platform is overstatement.
can I run it on Android? iOS?
no? then 99.999999% of real world users cannot access it. and if it is desktop oly, what is the point? it is no better than web.
- cosmic_cheese 3mo agoThe needs of desktop and mobile are different enough that it's extremely difficult to build a UI framework for both that doesn't seriously compromise one paradigm or the other. I would argue it's one of the main reasons why frameworks like Flutter stuggle with widespread adoption on desktop — it was conceived primarily as mobile-oriented, and so on desktop you're stuck with half-baked third party components for essentials such as datagrids and tree views. WinUI with its mobile heritage in UWP suffers similar problems. GTK + Adwaita tries to straddle the fence and produces a subpar experience on both sides. Desktop data density is terrible due to mobile-minded button sizes and margins (big touch targets, bloated whitespace to make inadvertant touch interactions less frequent) and desktop-oriented widgets like tree views feel out of place on mobile.
- 5701652400 3mo agoso it is not cross-platform? or all available platforms are... desktop. serious vibes of shortcuts and avoiding real hard work that brings real value.
- comex 3mo agoIt is still meaningfully cross-platform to support all 3 major desktop platforms rather than just one.
- DANmode 3mo agoWeb is fantastic.
- hsn915 3mo agoIf desktop only is so useless, why are so many people create TUI apps?
- 5701652400 3mo agothey are useless too. 99.99999% of normal people do not open terminal in their entire life nor do not even know what that is. get out and touch grass, friends.