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Re:Steam Client Is Now Faster Than Epic's New Vibe Coded Lau... by marcus_holmes on Thursday October 15, 2026 @10:52PM (#50113386)
It's more that no-one cares about consistency across platforms because each of us only has one platform.

I will never see the Windows version of your app, because I don't run any Windows machines. I will never know if your Windows UI is consistent with your MacOS UI.

I do care if your app uses a bunch of key shortcuts or UI conventions that no other MacOS app uses. If I have to learn a whole new set of UI conventions just because your app decided not obey the standard MacOS UI conventions, that will annoy me a lot.

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Re:Steam Client Is Now Faster Than Epic's New Vibe Coded Lau... by lynndotpy on Friday October 16, 2026 @05:55AM (#50116371)
No no, I am saying "native" is not consistent even within an OS.

I do agree keyboard shortcut consistency is important and useful. GIMP is awful on macOS just for this reason

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Re:Steam Client Is Now Faster Than Epic's New Vibe Coded Lau... by andyclap2 on Friday October 16, 2026 @08:48AM (#50117701)
Sample size of 1?

Sent from my Android phone, windows gaming pc, Mac dev laptop, iOS tablet, Ubuntu home server... or sshing to my remarkable reader's minimal Linux?

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