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by corethree 895 days ago
>JS compiles down to TS?

It's called a typo.

>I am not sure if anything in this comment indicates you have any experience with developing for the web but that is not my primary issue with this comment. My gripe is claiming that things are "awkward" or can't be done without even looking around. None of the examples below use WebGL

I think you're smart enough to recognize it's a typo. The primary issue with your comment is hiliteing issues as if it weren't typos but actual lapses in experience. It's like saying someone misspelled a word and claiming they therefore have no experience with the English language. If someone did that, the intent is 100% malice, not a misunderstanding. Don't be malicious. Don't debate and use malice to prove a point. What you should do is Make a point and change your stance based off of evidence.

Also I never said it can't be done. I said it's awkward. It certainly can be done.

WebGL is low level. Same with WebGPU, it means you have to use shaders. Godot has a library for UI. Which makes it less awkward. I'm saying it's JUST as awkward to build these things with webGL then with other web front end technologies.

>Here's a WinXP UI clone that runs in your browser with floating, resizable windows. - https://winxp.vercel.app/ >Here's one that mocks macOS - https://macos-web.app/

What do these examples prove? That it can be done? Did I say it can't be done? Again I didn't. It's obvious these examples exist, everyones seen them. Heck you can probably do the whole thing with CSS and no JS. The gist of my comment is that it's awkward to do, not that it can't be done. You can construct a house out of toothpicks and glue. I'm sure it CAN be done. But bricks are the less awkward tool.

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I'm another person who read your comment who doesn't like Electron/web dev and, while reading your comment, I thought "does this guy even know what he's talking about?".

So as someone aligned closer to your team (preferring other toolkits to Electron) I don't think the other user who replied to your comment previously was being malicious in interpretation.

So did you think i actually meant that Javascript compiles down into typescript?

I'm sorry but that comment alone makes me think malice. It's too obvious. To each their own.

Yes, I did and I was confused (hence my thought it was someone focusing on things other than web dev that made the comment).

It's not like I'm attributing ill intent now that you've clarified what you meant (I mentioned having the same anti-Electron inclination as you to demonstrate that) but I probably can't change your mind if you think two people's misinterpretation of the same comment came from malice.

Such typos are common and obvious.

It's more likely someone utilizes such errors as ammunition. Such an action is quite common. It's obvious to me that this is the more likely scenario here from the other replyer.

Another common thing is to team up with people who have similar intentions. When such a situation happens they synchronize their biases. Two coworkers with the same intent will synchronize their biases in a meeting in order to push their intent... Happens all the time.

You like the front end, my guess of what's going on with you is a team up of sorts. Malice is too strong of a word for what you're doing. You're doing a team up and you're adjusting some obvious biases to favor your intent and create alignment with your team mate. This is all done subconsciously too. But that's just my guess on what you're doing.

These are all obvious human behaviors that are quite common but people don't think about it until it's explicitly pointed out.

But in the end. Who cares. We both are now clear about what's going on. No point in debating this further.