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Re:I replaced my native iOS app with a cross platform web ap... by RC_ITR on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @02:31AM (#31245355)
This is a classic 'My job is X, so I presume people doing Y also have the same experience"

Software developers and PM's can generally get by with a browser, but woah boy good luck getting the finance world off of desktop Excel/Bloomberg (as the most prominent example of an immovable force against browser apps).

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Re:I replaced my native iOS app with a cross platform web ap... by happymellon on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @02:47AM (#31245431)
But even folks in the "happy path", of using VS Code and Slack find that the web apps are slow and terrible.

The only people who seem to think this is any good appear to be in their 20's and not actually experienced with desktop apps.

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Re:I replaced my native iOS app with a cross platform web ap... by testbjjl on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:41AM (#31246069)
> The only people who seem to think this is any good appear to be in their 20's and not actually experienced with desktop apps.

So it’s just a matter of time until this swing of the pendulum is complete. Then we can rediscover Qt and Tcl/Tk.

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Re:I replaced my native iOS app with a cross platform web ap... by ungamedplayer on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:09AM (#31246891)
Oh happy days.
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