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by shp0ngle 2042 days ago
I tried to use the JIRA "Catalyst" app (what is JIRA app in the Mac App store) and... it's bad.

It's fast, much faster than the web version. But otherwise pretty bad. I kept being frustrated with it too much and switched back to web.

And Catalyst is supposed to be "more native" than iOS apps running on macOS directly...
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jamil7 2042 days ago
I think Catalyst is basically positioned as a stopgap for iOS developers to get something running on macOS, you can optimise it from there and later split out some code for a specific macOS target.
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divbzero 2042 days ago
There is also an additional challenge for apps like Jira or GitHub where the iOS app lags behind the web app in functionality.
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brundolf 2042 days ago
Yes, and this was my experience with the JIRA Catalyst app too. It's harder to implement new features in native apps, and it's a lower priority (on desktop) because it only affects one platform. So the project is deprioritized and never gets any updates.
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