Re:Show HN: Cross Platform .NET Desktop Application Framework
by badprose on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:41AM
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I don't know that people missed it, or we're still suspicious of "one UI framework to rule them all"...
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Re:Show HN: Cross Platform .NET Desktop Application Framework
by oblio on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @11:34AM
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The major factor is obviously the fear of Microsoft lock-in, I think. Which is reasonable.
If it's more about the technical details, such as general issues regarding cross platform UI frameworks, I think we're way past that point considering HTML5/Js :)
Re:Show HN: Cross Platform .NET Desktop Application Framework
by pjmlp on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:50PM
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Every single time I am forced to do web development, I miss such frameworks.
Re:Show HN: Cross Platform .NET Desktop Application Framework
by roryisok on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:54PM
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What does that mean? The web is already cross platform, that's kind of the whole point
Re:Show HN: Cross Platform .NET Desktop Application Framework
by pjmlp on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @03:08PM
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It means the Frankenstein of CSS/JavaScript/HTML tooling, still catching up with the 4GL RAD tooling of the 90's, or expressive native environments like Microsoft Blend, iOS and Android native layout managers.
Or the lack of integration with native animation frameworks, widgets, behaviours and system APIs, even with HTML 5.
Or hacks like Service Worker with in browser database, to be able to write offline apps, something that just works out of the box in native apps.