Valdi – A cross-platform UI framework that delivers native performance

Post by DeathArrow » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 8:09 AM UTC

bearjaws wrote: post #23

Working at a company that uses react-native I wish nothing more than for the end of app stores and differing platform languages. We're heavily considering just having a website next year with a mobile app using webview, and then native code for the native notifications, GPS and healthkit / health connect. I feel like AI is changing the equation, its nearly better to write your business UI 3 times one for each platfor…

Post by la_fayette » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 8:15 AM UTC

jmb99 wrote: post #46

serial_dev wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s because if a webview app experience is good, you don’t notice it, you only notice if it’s bad. A while ago saw a blog link on HN that explained how Apple uses it everywhere and we never notice it because they are done well. Of course I can’t find that link now, I summon the HN gods…

> It’s because if a webview app experience is good, you don’t notice it, you only notice if it’s bad. Aside from Apple’s apps (which imo are noticeably worse than the old ones, but that’s beside the point), what are some good WebView apps on iOS right now?

Post by Jyaif » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 8:40 AM UTC

ramraj07 wrote: post #62

sans_souse wrote: post #14

So now I can finally implement the most god-awful, ugly, cumbersome and unintuitive GUI methodology ever to face a large population of users into my own apps? This abomination that started the whole user-experience decline by making this kind of yuck the gold standard for apps today is finally open source? Color me yellow.

Snap is the greatest innovator of user experiences in this generation. This is evidenced by the fact that literally every other social media app is just a hodgepodge copycat of sorts of what snap invented. For people who introduced themselves to tech with snap as one of their first apps, its the most intuitive thing ever. When they first introduced video calls, schools had to close for a day. Imagine then you come he…

Post by sans_souse » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 8:53 AM UTC

ramraj07 wrote: post #62

sans_souse wrote: post #14

So now I can finally implement the most god-awful, ugly, cumbersome and unintuitive GUI methodology ever to face a large population of users into my own apps? This abomination that started the whole user-experience decline by making this kind of yuck the gold standard for apps today is finally open source? Color me yellow.

Snap is the greatest innovator of user experiences in this generation. This is evidenced by the fact that literally every other social media app is just a hodgepodge copycat of sorts of what snap invented. For people who introduced themselves to tech with snap as one of their first apps, its the most intuitive thing ever. When they first introduced video calls, schools had to close for a day. Imagine then you come he…

Post by sans_souse » Sat, Nov 08, 2025, 8:55 AM UTC

Jyaif wrote: post #65

ramraj07 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Snap is the greatest innovator of user experiences in this generation. This is evidenced by the fact that literally every other social media app is just a hodgepodge copycat of sorts of what snap invented. For people who introduced themselves to tech with snap as one of their first apps, its the most intuitive thing ever. When they first introduced video calls, schools had to close for a day. Imagine then you come he…

> For people who introduced themselves to tech with snap as one of their first apps, its the most intuitive thing ever By definition, the first app someone uses will be from their POV the most intuitive app ever. It will also be the least intuitive app ever.