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by kristopolous 2239 days ago
The idea was that if they were going to port native than wow, we'd have this one amazing way to create all these interfaces on different systems!

As if we'd have 5 or so platforms and a single command to go "presto!" and build on a bunch of devices with a slight button offset change.

I always said "how about, if you want a linux version in qt, you fire up qt creator, drag your mouse around a bit, click a few times, take 20 minutes and that's it. You then literally just walk away because the work is done".