alt Hacker News> if you want a truly universal UI
Right. If you want your app to look the same, custom way, ditching what the OS has to offer.
Some developers still believe an operating system has useful UI components and patterns worth adopting. From this thread it's clear that there's plenty who don't. Personally I view that as a regression.
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actionfromafar • today at 10:11 AM
Probably many Electron users also view that as a regression, but a tradeoff worth making.
Well, maybe Java's AWT has been correct all this time.
Of course there is value in having "OS-native" buttons, transitions, windows etc. And many parts of GUIs are basically standardized. The problem is all the parts that are not, and have to look the same everywhere.