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Re:Revery – Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop... by ekianjo on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:12AM (#18996356)
> I want my applications to feel like they belong to the platform and not identical on every platform

Yeah, Electron already does that. I can hardly say I am looking for more of it.

Re:Revery – Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop... by jarvuschris on Friday January 25, 2019 @08:44AM (#18997778)
As a desktop Linux user who rarely got to have good GUI applications until electron became popular because it's barely economical for anyone to actually maintain 3 sep UIs, I am absolutely looking for more of it

And to be clear, what we're talking about is more options for folks that want to ship to all platforms and focus on perfecting one UI.

Is it better than doing a truly native app on each platform? Of course not, but that's outside the realm of possibility for the resources most developers have

Re:Revery – Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop... by saagarjha on Friday January 25, 2019 @04:40AM (#18996739)
> Yeah, Electron already does that.

Electron apps don't look like they belong on the platform.

Re:Revery – Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:37AM (#18998186)
On Linux, what does? There isn't a defined platform to begin with outside of the syscall ABIs.
Re:Revery – Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop... by saagarjha on Friday January 25, 2019 @05:15PM (#19003088)
Most Linux distributions have a de-facto visual design that most applications follow. Generally, if you're using GTK+, this should get applied automatically?
Re:Revery – Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop... by chrisweekly on Friday January 25, 2019 @08:19AM (#18997638)
I interpreted GP's "that" as referring to "identical on every platform".
Re:Revery – Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop... by ekianjo on Friday January 25, 2019 @08:16AM (#18997609)
That's exactly what I was saying.