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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Replying to @jckarter
The basic problem is the never-ending internal DevDiv vs. Windows fight at Microsoft. Hard problem to solve.
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Similar to the way on Linux the basic problem is the KDE/Qt vs. GNOME/GTK fight.
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Replying to @pcwalton
I don't think that's fundamentally a problem. Over time they've shared more and more infrastructure for things like rendering. Maybe there could be lower-level implementations of things like text editing engines with a lot of useful common behavior over time
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I would love that! Not holding my breath though given how slowly things move in that ecosystem
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