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Inspired by: https://twitter.com/Rimmy_Downunder/status/1686188323164028928

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A stick figure pondering: "Hm. If only there was a platform for my desktop application"

The stick figure stepping over many native GUIs to pick up Google Chromium.

The stick figure: "Ah! Here we go!"

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[–] arisunz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 1 year ago

I LOVE ELECTRUM!! I WANT EVERY APPLICATION TO BE A CHROMIUM INSTANCE AND EAT HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MB OF RAM!!!!

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I HATE ELECTRON AND CHROMIUM EMBEDDED FRAMEWORK

[–] e-ratic@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] solinus@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 year ago

nitter still works after the api chnages?

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of people have made a website before, so it makes sense that's the first choice for them.

That being said, if I was to make a simple desktop app tomorrow, which GUI would you recommend me?

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Its hard to answer without knowing what your app needs to do.

For a generic crossplatform program, I would say QT or GTK when programming in C/++.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

Also depends on the language being used. Even if it's javascript, you could use something like Tauri or Neutralino, which can also make an executable bundle which uses the OS's native HTML renderer, no bundled chromium needed.

Some languages + recommended graphical frameworks:

  • FreePascal + Lazarus
  • Dart + Flutter
  • Go + Fyne
  • Lua + LOVE2D (game engine, but can work fine for most cases)
[–] yggdar@lemmy.wtf 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which programming language will you use?

this is a hypothetical scenario but let's just say rust

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's your opinion on Tauri?

not mature enough. also no mobile support.