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by postalrat 892 days ago
A windows native app? Or an osx one? Linux? Playstation 5 maybe?
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theodric 891 days ago
Yes, a native application for each major operating system, that respects the OS's UI guidelines, and runs efficiently.
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postalrat 891 days ago
That would take 20x more work just to do a few OSs if were even possible, which it isn't.
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theodric 889 days ago
Somehow we did this for 30 years, but now that Electron exists, it's impossible?

Fine. Pick a platform to support.

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postalrat 885 days ago
When did we do it 30 years ago? With java?

There were many attempts and electron beats them all.

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theodric 884 days ago
What I meant is that somehow companies released native applications for a multitude of operating systems in years past. Internet Explorer on Solaris, Windows, MacOS. Photoshop and AutoCAD on IRIX, Windows, MacOS. Netscape Navigator on anything with a screen and a keyboard. That's just the stuff I used off the top of my head.
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