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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by Shog9 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @07:47PM (#9462588)
And this is why it's web stack: there are no better alternatives.

For decades of trying, this is the best we've managed to do for cross-platform UIs. It ain't great, but it soundly beats the alternatives.

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Re:Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platf... by mwcampbell on Thursday April 30, 2015 @10:14AM (#9465158)
I think that SWT proves that for some criteria, particularly nativeness and accessibility, it is possible to do better than the web stack while covering all major desktop platforms.
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