> the underlying platform UX and draws to a canvas
Frame buffer? Canvas is the javascript term.
Re:We're forking Flutter
by Nekit1234007 on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @07:06AM
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Flutter uses canvas when targeting the web. (At least it was the last time I looked at it years ago)
Canvas is the javascript name for writing directly to a frame buffer :)
There is a world outside the browser. For now.
Re:We're forking Flutter
by metalliqaz on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:31AM
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Canvas predates javascript. For example, TCL's TK toolkit uses Canvas[1]
It's not specific nor limited to javascript. The term "canvas" in this context is much older and seems to be used across many platforms.
Random examples from the (desktop) Java/Android/iOS world where the same semantics is used:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/awt/Canvas.ht...
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Can...
You may notice that the first reference is from java, and i bet js lifted it from there. They may have been aware of java because they lifted the name too.
The other two are too new to be relevant.
Re:We're forking Flutter
by satvikpendem on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @05:42AM
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Typically people just make the app look and work the same in all platforms, like how you might expect a responsive web app to be like; no one is implementing Notion with a platform specific UI, for example, using Apple stuff on Apple devices or Windows stuff on Windows devices.
That is absolutely an issue with Flutter, which throws away the underlying platform UX and draws to a canvas. It gives you relatively few tools to target "native look" controls for each platform without maintaining multiple UIs in parallel composed of entirely different widgets.