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0 pointsredisman4y ago0 comments

The problem is that you can’t usually afford to target just a Windows 95 PC or equivalent today so such a tool cannot exist. The UI must morph and adapt and feel native across phones, tablets, retina displays, etc.

Even video games these days need to adapt to a different UX on each platform even thou they are the closest to having one unified UI across the gamut

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mikewarot4y ago

It's unrealistic to expect a full, productive, desktop experience on any smaller devices.

Giving up on the desktop is a huge step backwards.

oneplane4y ago

On the other hand, the market has expanded beyond economies where users have the space, power and physical safety to actually own a desktop. For some people their first, last and only "PC" is their smartphone. Your choice then becomes embracing those users or not having those users at all.

nitrogen4y ago

"One size fits all" fits no one.

tluyben24y ago

You build where your money is; our clients are asking for phone versions of dashboards, reports etc as they simply don't have or don't want to use desktops. Maintaining software for it is just not worth it.

bitwize4y ago

I like typing stuff in and instantly seeing the results, rather than rat wrestling widgets onto a form. Rat wrestling also makes adaptive UIs difficult; again, the solution is being able to declare your UI with layout managers that apply constraints.

The most rapid UI tool I've ever encountered is Tcl/Tk. Everything else involves incurring more tedium and misery -- even Visual Basic or Delphi.

lowbloodsugar4y ago

Delphi is alive! https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi

airstrike4y ago

> The UI must morph and adapt and feel native across phones, tablets, retina displays, etc.

Isn't that a solved problem by the likes of React Native?

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