Re:Spacedrive – an open source cross-platform file explorer
by threeseed on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @07:12AM
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When you're building a cross-platform app OSX isn't the weakest link. It's older versions of Windows and Linux.
And UI libraries like Tailwind, Shoelace etc are surprisingly extensive and constantly being improved. And if something isn't to your liking it's often to trivial to change it.
Re:Spacedrive – an open source cross-platform file explorer
by throwaway50702 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @07:10AM
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That'd be something provided by the Web platform (and the DOM bindings), not React. React provides a way to work with the DOM elements/native components/etc in a reactive way.
The real problem is that the Web platform doesn't offer a good set of customizable UI elements other than the most barebone basics.
It’s so much nicer to just be able to trust that an extensive library of stock widgets will be able to do whatever it is that you need, as tends to be the case with AppKit/UIKit.