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Re:My First CSS by blacktriangle on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:26PM (#27962248)
Android dev is better, iOS dev is better, heck even Tk layouts are better.
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Re:My First CSS by adwn on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:12PM (#27962969)
> Android

Not cross-platform.

> iOS

Not cross-platform.

> Tk

Decreasing mind-share for 2 decades+, not something I'd start a new project with.

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Re:My First CSS by blacktriangle on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:44PM (#27963500)
Cross-platform and being a good tool are orthogonal concepts. We use HTML/CSS for GUIs IN SPITE OF their general unsuitableness because the value of easy distribution wins over developer sanity.
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Re:My First CSS by adwn on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:10PM (#27963904)
> Cross-platform and being a good tool are orthogonal concepts.

I agree, but when I need to develop some software for Windows and Linux, a great toolkit for Android or iOS is of no use to me. Similarly, I won't use a Linux-only or Windows-only toolkit, as awesome as it may be, because I'm not going to build two different GUI layers.

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