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by m-schuetz 4 hours ago
Consistency is the reason why Electron is great. Consistency of the UI across operating systems.
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d12bb 3 hours ago
Great for the developer. The user doesn’t use Mac, Windows and Linux. Just one for work and one at home, with mostly different apps, so they couldn’t care less if it looks the same on different platforms.
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m-schuetz 3 hours ago
They may care, however, if they get anything at all. I do not have the resources to target something to all platforms, so the alternative wouldn't be "Users get UI targeted towards their OS", the alternative would be "Users get nothing since developers don't have the time to also target their system".
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jorisw 2 hours ago
> I do not have the resources to target something to all platforms

Some speculate that agentic engineering will enable the return of native apps

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jorisw 3 hours ago
If you think operating systems have nothing to offer in terms of UI patterns or guidance, then yes, that's a different type of consistency.
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