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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by littlecranky67 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:13AM (#28468437)
None of those UI libs work on Android or iOS.
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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by anhanhanh on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:57AM (#28468686)
I think that's a huge part of it. Most of the users nowadays are using smartphones and tablets.
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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by boomlinde on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:39AM (#28469014)
Qt does.
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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by littlecranky67 on Friday September 10, 2021 @03:17AM (#28478638)
It is very niche, and again only if you go with C++. For most Apps that are not games, using C++ is probably overkill on mobile just so you can use Qt. And you will still have to come up with a mobile optimized UI, as a standard desktop UI layout will just not work on 5" screens.
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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by boomlinde on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:31AM (#28479683)
https://wiki.qt.io/Language_Bindings

> And you will still have to come up with a mobile optimized UI, as a standard desktop UI layout will just not work on 5" screens.

No tool will magically solve this problem for you. Qt has excellent support for responsive design if that's how you'd propose to solve it.

And no, Qt is not very niche.

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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by sally1620 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:34PM (#28507280)
Qt has done a fantastic job in this space. It is also isn't cheap. It is only free for GPLv3 software.
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