Re:Interview with Keith Blount, Creator of Scrivener
by criddell on Saturday November 26, 2022 @08:50PM
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> make a […] web app
I’d make a different recommendation. If you want it on Windows, make the best Windows app you can. Take advantage of all the APIs and features the platform has to offer. If you do a good job, you will make something faster and smaller that follows the platform conventions and is comfortable to use by other people like you.
Right now I think the Mac has the healthiest ecosystem of interesting software from small developers. I’m excluding games - Windows and the three big consoles rule the games space. For personal software (like the titles you mentioned) Windows feels like it’s fading and Linux is doing what Linux has always done.
I’d make a different recommendation. If you want it on Windows, make the best Windows app you can. Take advantage of all the APIs and features the platform has to offer. If you do a good job, you will make something faster and smaller that follows the platform conventions and is comfortable to use by other people like you.
Right now I think the Mac has the healthiest ecosystem of interesting software from small developers. I’m excluding games - Windows and the three big consoles rule the games space. For personal software (like the titles you mentioned) Windows feels like it’s fading and Linux is doing what Linux has always done.