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Re:Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mi... by kergonath on Thursday December 19, 2024 @02:00AM (#42459117)
To be honest I would be more inclined to install their driver if it did not include ugly Logitech branding and respected a bit more the OS it runs on. I don’t care about cross platform UI in an application for mouse settings, it’s simply not my problem. It has 1 window, FFS. How hard is it to use native toolkits?
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Re:Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mi... by RussianCow on Thursday December 19, 2024 @02:21AM (#42459216)
To be fair, most people just absolutely don't care about this stuff as long as it does its job, so it makes sense for them to use a cross-platform toolkit here.

You have to remember that, besides the extra engineering effort, having a separate, native UI for each platform also increases the support burden for dealing with people having issues with the program. Companies the size of Logitech bend over backwards to reduce their support costs, so it shouldn't be surprising that they opted for the path of least resistance here.

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