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0 pointsjosho5y ago0 comments

MacOS does this. Native mac apps somehow can preserve file references even after the source file has been moved or renamed. The unfortunate part however is many cross platform apps are't written using the Mac APIs which then leaves an inconsistent experience.

I think it's for reasons like this that many mac users strongly prefer native apps over Electron or web apps.

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Polylactic_acid5y ago

>I think it's for reasons like this that many mac users strongly prefer native apps over Electron or web apps.

Users on every OS do.

Wowfunhappy5y ago

Could have fooled me with regard to Windows. I'm unfortunately not sure what a "native" Windows app is at this point. They've gone through so many frameworks over the years, everything is a mish-mosh.

And this isn't just a result of legacy compatibility. If you are a developer today, and you want to make a really good Windows app, what approach do you take? Is it obvious?

Polylactic_acid5y ago

On windows its just a resource hog. On linux and mac they stick out like a pimple on a pumpkin. The number 1 annoyance for me is because they are based on chromium which doesn't have wayland support, all electron apps do not dpi scale properly with multiple monitors.

Gene_Parmesan5y ago

IMO a fully native Windows app would probably just be Win32, but really WPF/UWP stuff is just about native as well.

WPF is still my favorite GUI framework/toolkit by far, if we're talking standard business app development.

hnaccy5y ago

Do you know if this something that any mac app can use or is it limited to Apple in-house applications?

kzrdude5y ago

Any Mac app could do it in system 7, and they can now too.

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0 pointsjosho5y ago0 comments

I think it's for reasons like this that many mac users strongly prefer native apps over Electron or web apps.

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Polylactic_acid5y ago

>I think it's for reasons like this that many mac users strongly prefer native apps over Electron or web apps.

Users on every OS do.

Wowfunhappy5y ago

And this isn't just a result of legacy compatibility. If you are a developer today, and you want to make a really good Windows app, what approach do you take? Is it obvious?

Polylactic_acid5y ago

Gene_Parmesan5y ago

IMO a fully native Windows app would probably just be Win32, but really WPF/UWP stuff is just about native as well.

WPF is still my favorite GUI framework/toolkit by far, if we're talking standard business app development.

hnaccy5y ago

Do you know if this something that any mac app can use or is it limited to Apple in-house applications?

kzrdude5y ago

Any Mac app could do it in system 7, and they can now too.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse