[apayan]

andlabs (Pietro) is writing this library in C as a support for the Go ui library he's been building. https://github.com/andlabs/ui

However, as others have pointed out, this will be very useful for many other languages as well. I would love to see a Renaissance of native cross platform apps.

[pjmlp]

Call me old fashion, but it never went away.

I only use web applications when there isn't a native alternative that I can make use of.

Actually I moved back to the world of native applications and there is plenty of work.

[fit2rule]

>I would love to see a Renaissance of native cross platform apps.

Along similar lines, I have been using the MOAI environment, with the Hanappe GUI framework, to deliver apps across every platform you can port MOAI too, sort of .. fulfilling .. the once-jaunted "write once, run anywhere" dream, while also giving me a usable UI environment for the modern world.. ship bytecode/Lua files, run the same code everywhere (the MOAI client lives).

Seriously, worth an hour or so of lab-bench time, if one is considering the prospect of having an app/run-time equilibrium, albeit with a modicum of effort:

http://github.com/moai/ http://github.com/makotok/Hanappe http://github.com/makotok/Flower

(Flower is another branch, similar concept: build your entire UI as a mini-lib, bring it with you everywhere you need it...)

[twotavol]

A simple write up with screenshots or something would be nice.

[Chris2048]

I've tried to stay away from the "web tech on the desktop" trend. network-connected/cloud apps are great, but the current web tech does nothing to solve it.

Things like atom inherit js etc. which gains a little bit of speed up and familiarity, but also performance overheads and complexity.

Not actually good, js-devs are the worst for a kind of NIH and low cross-pollination. Sometimes, a string custom and/or C-API is the nest for bringing in multiple communities.

[fithisux]

Me too