Why isn't there a way to make near-native desktop UIs that's similar in ease to browser and electron UIs?

posted 9 months ago

it seems ridiculous that we have to embed an entire browser, meant for internet web browsing, just to create a cross-platform UI with moderate ease.

Why are native or semi-native UI frameworks lagging so far behind? am I wrong in thinking this? are there easier, declarative frameworks for creating semi-native UIs on desktop that don’t look like windows 1998?

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Cyclohexane@lemmy.mlOP

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9 months ago

How is webview different from a browser exactly?

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nycki@lemmy.world

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9 months ago

Electron apps ship their own chromium-based renderer, but ‘webview’ means the OS gets to use its own renderer. It’s still a browser-like environment, but at least the OS can choose the most performant one.

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