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Re:Netflix – Chasing 60fps [video] by jeremiep on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @07:54PM (#10051532)
Game engines don't even go nearly that high-level. I see GUIs implemented in C++ more often than in scripting languages, and when they go that route its usually LUA without any declarative markup whatsoever.

Everything is a tradeoff, if you want the ease of HTML+CSS then be prepared to pay the performance hit, and if you want lighting fast GUIs, be prepared to pay the productivity hit.

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Re:Netflix – Chasing 60fps [video] by BuckRogers on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @11:20PM (#10052100)
What about those of us who prefer to stick with tried and true text, like HackerNews? Fairly simple and effective. No need for a GUI when you can just have a line of text convey the idea much faster.
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Re:Netflix – Chasing 60fps [video] by MichaelGG on Thursday August 13, 2015 @12:10AM (#10052214)
What's so complicated with the Netflix UI? I've been using the web for quite a while but I'm hard pressed to find any benefit, as a user, in the new Netflix UI. It's not like the old one rocked. But come on, it's a few cover images and text.
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