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iMeme (meme generator for Mac OS X)

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Re: iMeme (meme generator for Mac OS X)

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Post by frou_dh »

wavephorm wrote: post #5

Desktop software specific to one platform? Wow, it's been a while since I've seen that.

I'm confused because you seem to be insinuating that fully native applications are bad thing, and much rarer than they actually are.

This meme thing is obviously daft, but I'll be very sad if I'm forced in to using compromised cross-platform apps or web-apps for everything.

Re: iMeme (meme generator for Mac OS X)

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Post by rplnt »

frou_dh wrote: post #6
wavephorm wrote: post #5

Desktop software specific to one platform? Wow, it's been a while since I've seen that.

I'm confused because you seem to be insinuating that fully native applications are bad thing, and much rarer than they actually are. This meme thing is obviously daft, but I'll be very sad if I'm forced in to using compromised cross-platform apps or web-apps for everything.

What compromises do you have in mind? I could think of some, but I don't remember (as I could forget) any product that would lack something only because of its "multiplatformity".

Re: iMeme (meme generator for Mac OS X)

#9

Post by wavephorm »

frou_dh wrote: post #6
wavephorm wrote: post #5

Desktop software specific to one platform? Wow, it's been a while since I've seen that.

I'm confused because you seem to be insinuating that fully native applications are bad thing, and much rarer than they actually are. This meme thing is obviously daft, but I'll be very sad if I'm forced in to using compromised cross-platform apps or web-apps for everything.

To target a niche app on a niche native platform because you like Xcode is not a compromise?

Re: iMeme (meme generator for Mac OS X)

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Post by frou_dh »

rplnt wrote: post #7
frou_dh wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm confused because you seem to be insinuating that fully native applications are bad thing, and much rarer than they actually are. This meme thing is obviously daft, but I'll be very sad if I'm forced in to using compromised cross-platform apps or web-apps for everything.

What compromises do you have in mind? I could think of some, but I don't remember (as I could forget) any product that would lack something only because of its "multiplatformity".

Isn't it obvious that a GUI application that has to bend to the conventions of multiple platforms will be, at best, on par, but likely worse, than had it been designed for a specific platform?

(Again, I'm not talking about this daft meme thing :))

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