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0 pointsjlarocco2mo ago0 comments

That's not really true. Even in the 90s there were large libraries of 3rd party widgets available for Windows that could be drag-and-dropped into VB, Delphi, and even the Visual C++ UI editor. For tasks running the gamut from 3D graphics to interfacing with custom hardware.

The web was a big step backwards for UI design. It was a 30 year detour whose results still suck compared to pre-web UIs.

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bobajeff2mo ago

That sounds nice. I agree, not having a UI editor making apps is a step back. However, you seem to be discussing mostly in past tense.

Maybe one day something like Lazarus or Avalonia would catch up but today I feel that Electron is best at what it does.

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0 pointsjlarocco2mo ago0 comments

The web was a big step backwards for UI design. It was a 30 year detour whose results still suck compared to pre-web UIs.

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bobajeff2mo ago

That sounds nice. I agree, not having a UI editor making apps is a step back. However, you seem to be discussing mostly in past tense.

Maybe one day something like Lazarus or Avalonia would catch up but today I feel that Electron is best at what it does.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse