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by goto11 1862 days ago
They solve a simpler and more constrained problem which makes it easier to make tools. Something like Windows Forms are basically WYSIWYG - you drop some controls on a canvas and now you have a GUI. But the GUI will not gracefully adapt to different screen dimension from large monitors to mobile.
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Native frameworks support flexible and resolution dependent layouts too.
Responsive layouting is an orthogonal problem.
Orthogonal to what?