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		iudqnolq on Feb 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do we create modern desktop GUI apps using HTM... Yes, web app programming sucks. But a web framework UI that communicates with a native backend has a lot of advantages when compared with the actual alternatives I could use instead. The web has gotten orders of magnitude more investment in tools, and it shows.

pjmlp on Feb 7, 2023 [–]

Active Desktop, been there, thankfully now gone.

anthk on Feb 8, 2023 | [–]

Malware haven.

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