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by junon 1510 days ago
> Did Qt do such a good job of driving people away from it?

Yes, they did, with their hostile licensing changes and the fact that you cannot customize it as much as you can Electron apps.
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jen20 1510 days ago
Lack of customisation should be seen as a good thing. As a user I want apps built to fit into my platform, not for the app to be consistent across disparate platforms. I understand why marketing does not like this, though.
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junon 1510 days ago
Qt doesn't magically help you with this either.
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jen20 1510 days ago
Indeed, it’s not “native” many places, but at least does not tend to become a blank canvas for marketing to build something completely custom on. I’d take QT over electron any day, but would pay for a native app over using either.
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thiht 1510 days ago
> Lack of customisation should be seen as a good thing

It’s not.

> As a user I want apps built to fit into my platform

As a user, I don’t care that about that. As long as the standard keyboard shortcuts exist, as well as reasonable integration with the OS which Electron does perfectly, I’m all set.

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