Re:Dead ends of information technology
by riskneutral on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:22PM
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Are native GUIs really a dead end?
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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...
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
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> no one is even attempting to improve the state of native GUI development as a result
SwiftUI, React Native, Flutter disagree with you
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
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> 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
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Aye, but in the broader landscape, they're a bit player. The average person's exposure to Apple GUIs will be on their phones.