Hot take: The idea that desktop apps need to be "native" is mostly a macOS thing. On Windows and Linux there hasn't been such a thing as a single "native" widget set for years.
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Replying to @pcwalton
macOS may be the only platform where the concept is clinging to life, but I still miss the idea of a native widget set on Windows, and think the idea is a worthy goal to maintain
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An alternative really is to ensure that all toolkits from a vendor at least have the same look (as much as possible) and identical user interactions.
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Replying to @migueldeicaza @jckarter
Yeah, that’s the Carbon/Cocoa approach. Worked well, but it seems hard to compatibly modernize the oldest stuff like user32.dll and Xaw. Even Carbon wasn’t fully binary or source compatible.
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Replying to @pcwalton @migueldeicaza
Carbon was at least able to adopt the various new OS X looks because it was built on top the Appearance Manager stuff, just like user32 could fairly readily adopt the XP and Vista design languages. Newer toolkits have lost that to a large degree
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Even user32.dll requires an opt-in to the new look though (manifest file).
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