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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Hisse@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] randomname@lemmy.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only if you use electron. There are lots of light(er) weight alternatives.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any browser or html/css-based rendering is still 100x more computationally expensive and RAM-bloated than a native approach.

[–] randomname@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

This is true. Perhaps native cross platform UI development should be as easy as web based desktop apps.