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by movedx 1096 days ago
> The other part is that, IMHO, HTML+CSS are crap for laying out application UIs. Better than what they used to be, but still absurdly complicated.

Not just absurdly complicated, but also absurdly inconsistent. If you write an app in JS+HTML+CSS and use Electron to deploy it, the UI could literally be anything, as can the controls, etc. Nothing matches the OS UI neither, and standards have gone out of the window :(
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black3r 1095 days ago
> If you write an app in JS+HTML+CSS and use Electron to deploy it, the UI could literally be anything, as can the controls, etc. Nothing matches the OS UI neither

This may be seen by some people as an advantage though. For example my work computer is a Mac and my personal laptop runs Windows & Linux and I specifically like when application's UX is consistent across the different operating systems...

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movedx 1095 days ago
Very true. In some cases, it can be a force for good; a force for innovation.
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wildrhythms 1095 days ago
What's wrong with the OS styled inputs?
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