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0 pointsaepiepaey7y ago0 comments

Mainly "cross platform". Many people would interpret that as [desktop] platforms, e.g. Linux/Windows/Mac OS. Especially if you weren't previously aware of what Flutter is.

Adding a "mobile" in there somewhere would be a significant improvement.

In addition "movie app" is a bit underspecified. Maybe it's for managing movies? Editing them? Playing them?

Especially when both confusions are combined, it can be easy to get the wrong idea of what the submission is.

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pvinis7y ago

Yes but "app" is usually what you run on your phone, "application" is what you run on your computer, no?

aepiepaeyOP7y ago

Back before the popularization of smart phones, it was not that uncommon to use "apps" as an abbreviation for [desktop] applications.

Of course, "apps" is usually used to refer to [mobile] applications today, but it's still used in the other sense.

dang7y ago

Ok we can just take "cross platform" out of the title.

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