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There are two types of apps: 1. the ones that professionals use and 2. the ones that consumers use.
for 1. they don't care if it looks native, as long as it works and is performant e.g. DAWs, Video Editing tools, Trading, etc.
2. likewise I don't think it matters that much.
my guess is the myth came from OS makers.
I'm sure Clojure is a great language for some tasks... But, looking at the examples (picked the Wordle one since I know that game): https://github.com/HumbleUI/HumbleUI/blob/main/dev/examples/... I find it extremely hard to read. Even small snippets, say line 56 to 74 which define this "color", "merge-colors" and "colors"... then the "field" one lines 76 to 117 is even harder. is it more natural read for people famil…
As an experienced Clojure programmer, I found that code easy to read. It uses quite a few idioms that are specific to Clojure or at least Lisp. Examples include cond, let [{:keys ...}], for being a list comprehension rather than a loop, #(%) function literals, and @ deref.
where did the myth that people prefer apps that look native to the platform come from? There are two types of apps: 1. the ones that professionals use and 2. the ones that consumers use. for 1. they don't care if it looks native, as long as it works and is performant e.g. DAWs, Video Editing tools, Trading, etc. 2. likewise I don't think it matters that much. my guess is the myth came from OS makers.
Moreover, web UIs tend to be less sophisticated and less power user friendly, due to HTML/CSS and browser API limitations. This unfortunately often carries over even to non-browser-based applications that however use a web-like UI.
where did the myth that people prefer apps that look native to the platform come from? There are two types of apps: 1. the ones that professionals use and 2. the ones that consumers use. for 1. they don't care if it looks native, as long as it works and is performant e.g. DAWs, Video Editing tools, Trading, etc. 2. likewise I don't think it matters that much. my guess is the myth came from OS makers.
I don’t care if things look native, however I am actively repulsed by modern web design trends.
where did the myth that people prefer apps that look native to the platform come from? There are two types of apps: 1. the ones that professionals use and 2. the ones that consumers use. for 1. they don't care if it looks native, as long as it works and is performant e.g. DAWs, Video Editing tools, Trading, etc. 2. likewise I don't think it matters that much. my guess is the myth came from OS makers.
The readme says it is aiming for a “web look”, with no intention to make it look — and, presumably, behave — native. As a user, that’s not what I expect and hope for from a desktop application.
The readme says it is aiming for a “web look”, with no intention to make it look — and, presumably, behave — native. As a user, that’s not what I expect and hope for from a desktop application.
Following the author for some time and his main point is that “electron” won already, even despite the fact that the author himself doesn’t like it. And he’s not wrong. Majority of desktop users probably don’t care already if it’s native look or not (don’t cite me on that). The goal of the project to provide a way creating quite performant desktop apps with a DX of Clojure. And it’s a nice goal.
where did the myth that people prefer apps that look native to the platform come from? There are two types of apps: 1. the ones that professionals use and 2. the ones that consumers use. for 1. they don't care if it looks native, as long as it works and is performant e.g. DAWs, Video Editing tools, Trading, etc. 2. likewise I don't think it matters that much. my guess is the myth came from OS makers.
Native look&feel makes for a consistent UX across apps. Users learn one set of conventions and UI controls that uniformly applies to all applications. In addition, all applications benefit from enhancements made to the native UI toolkit and integration with the OS (input methods, file dialogs, keyboard navigation, automations, …). Moreover, web UIs tend to be less sophisticated and less power user friendly, due to HT…