I’d kill for an IDE on macOS that uses the native UI. I guess my hot take when it comes to GUI applications is: respect the platform you’re running on. Your core codebase should be separate from the UI in a way that the application looks like it was written by Apple on macOS, Microsoft on Windows, Google on Android, etc.
I could go on forever about this but some examples:
VS Code, Microsoft Word, Excel, etc all lose their minds and crash when moving a file while it’s open on macOS, a limitation that doesn’t exist in UNIX-based file systems. Did they port some FAT/NTFS driver somehow? You also can’t Command + Click the title of the document to pull it up in Finder.
Firefox, while I love it to death looks like a clunky Windows application
Oh yeah, Google Chrome looks way off too
GIMP looks like GTK because it is GTK on macOS, Windows
Electron apps that are just wrappers around websites
And at least as far as Firefox goes I’m running it on gnome and there’s a beautiful theme that makes it look native for it. I’m sure there’s one for windows too if you look.
The desktop website is so bad… I ask for a light theme in my settings, they don’t care (it’s white on black) because it’s HARD to add a few CSS rules. Then there is a flash of light which could give a seizure to someone with a condition. It’s shitty design at its peak. That doesn’t really inspire confidence…
Definitely going to take a hard look at this when I get the chance. I’ve been using VS Code for work (but it drives me crazy) and Smultron for personal stuff but it’s more of a basic editor.
Firefox is really badly integrated in MacOS. The fn + arrow shortcut doesn’t work, for example, it’s not integrated in the menu system (the menu shortcuts don’t work) etc.
But there is Sideberry, so…
I’d kill for an IDE on macOS that uses the native UI. I guess my hot take when it comes to GUI applications is: respect the platform you’re running on. Your core codebase should be separate from the UI in a way that the application looks like it was written by Apple on macOS, Microsoft on Windows, Google on Android, etc.
I could go on forever about this but some examples:
Entirely agree with this.
And at least as far as Firefox goes I’m running it on gnome and there’s a beautiful theme that makes it look native for it. I’m sure there’s one for windows too if you look.
“I’d kill for an IDE on macOS that uses the native UI.” Possibly dumb question from someone who hasn’t used MacOS for ages: isn’t that what Xcode is?
It sure is, but I write code primarily in Ruby (which it doesn’t really support).
Well shoot. :(
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The desktop website is so bad… I ask for a light theme in my settings, they don’t care (it’s white on black) because it’s HARD to add a few CSS rules. Then there is a flash of light which could give a seizure to someone with a condition. It’s shitty design at its peak. That doesn’t really inspire confidence…
Definitely going to take a hard look at this when I get the chance. I’ve been using VS Code for work (but it drives me crazy) and Smultron for personal stuff but it’s more of a basic editor.
Firefox is really badly integrated in MacOS. The fn + arrow shortcut doesn’t work, for example, it’s not integrated in the menu system (the menu shortcuts don’t work) etc. But there is Sideberry, so…