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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by ZoomZoomZoom on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:20PM (#23215063)
I think we can safely exclude 'collaborative web design' applications from the set of hardcore tools not gaining much from being implemented as web apps for understandable reasons.
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by blehn on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:59PM (#23215432)
Huh? Why? Designers had previously been using native apps for ages — Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch... Figma has been successful not just because it's collaborative but also because it's performant, powerful, and reliable. Not sure why you think that can't be achieved with other kinds of software
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by CharlesW on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:48PM (#23215326)
And yet it is a hardcore tool, and does gain a lot from being implemented as a web app. Another example might serve your point better.
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by ZoomZoomZoom on Sunday May 17, 2020 @04:56PM (#23215401)
Ok, I see my point being not so understandable, after all. I didn't mean Figma isn't a hardcore tool, I meant that we exclude it because it specifically concerns with web technology (being a tool for web design) and leverages web to implement collaborative usage. So it's probably logical for it to be a web app.
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by blehn on Sunday May 17, 2020 @05:02PM (#23215466)
You're still way off. It's not a "web" design tool; it's a visual design and prototyping tool. Folks are designing a lot more than websites and web apps with Figma.
Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by CharlesW on Sunday May 17, 2020 @05:10PM (#23215520)
> So it's probably logical for it to be a web app.

Ah, gotcha. Although I'd have assumed that Figma is used more to design native apps that web apps, this helps me understand where you're coming from.