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Re:Dead ends of information technology by riskneutral on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:22PM (#29346368)
Are native GUIs really a dead end?
Re:Dead ends of information technology by jchb on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:44PM (#29346511)
Not on Apple platforms. The article links a "gtk and qt trend at Stackoverflow". Adding swiftui and uikit to that trend: http://sotagtrends.com/?tags=gtk+qt+swiftui+uikit&relative=t...
Re:Dead ends of information technology by krapp on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:26PM (#29346396)
Unfortunately, it seems that way. If it isn't dead then it's on the endangered species list. Electron / web-as-native has clearly won and it seems like no one is even attempting to improve the state of native GUI development as a result.
Re:Dead ends of information technology by ushakov on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:43PM (#29346506)
> no one is even attempting to improve the state of native GUI development as a result

SwiftUI, React Native, Flutter disagree with you

Re:Dead ends of information technology by nicce on Thursday November 25, 2021 @08:36PM (#29346762)
I am not so sure about React Native. Like Electron, it is framework for people with web developer skill, missing a lot what real native frameworks can do.
Re:Dead ends of information technology by marcellus23 on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:39PM (#29346477)
> it seems like no one is even attempting to improve the state of native GUI development as a result.

Who do you include as “no one”? Apple for example is going full steam ahead with its native GUI frameworks.

Re:Dead ends of information technology by Karunamon on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:43PM (#29346504)
Aye, but in the broader landscape, they're a bit player. The average person's exposure to Apple GUIs will be on their phones.
Re:Dead ends of information technology by hgamaral on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:41PM (#29346483)
Not on mobile...
Re:Dead ends of information technology by wvenable on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:50PM (#29346541)
How many of the most-popular non-game mobile apps are just shells around a mostly web interface. I can think of quite a few.