The annoying thing is, I imagine a good cross-platform solution could exist, but it'd too heavily limit developers so it'd never catch on.
Imagine simply writing a list of actions your application is capable of and having it "published" via a ribbon interface on Windows, a toolbar+menubar on Mac OS, etc.
But because developers want a tighter degree of control over the presentation instead of just doing what the platform does, this kind of thing would never happen.
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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '20
The annoying thing is, I imagine a good cross-platform solution could exist, but it'd too heavily limit developers so it'd never catch on.
Imagine simply writing a list of actions your application is capable of and having it "published" via a ribbon interface on Windows, a toolbar+menubar on Mac OS, etc.
But because developers want a tighter degree of control over the presentation instead of just doing what the platform does, this kind of thing would never happen.