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Re:Pulsar – A Community-Led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor by capableweb on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:29AM (#34946760)
If they're building a native macOS UI, how is it ever possible it'll be worthwhile to port that into native Windows UI or "native" Linux UI? If you wanna go cross-platform, you usually consider that from the start, not once you're 50% done, as you're gonna have to redo a lot of work you could have gotten "for free".
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Re:Pulsar – A Community-Led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor by EthicalSimilar on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:49AM (#34946965)
The “engine” itself is likely cross-platform, with vendor-specific UIs.

It’s likely quicker to develop for a single OS and then build the additional UIs with a more feature-complete app.

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Re:Pulsar – A Community-Led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor by imbnwa on Sunday February 26, 2023 @03:26PM (#34949009)
Arc browser is also doing this, and they're planning on debuting the Windows UI in Fall.
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