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		danans on May 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Flutter 3 What qualifies as a "desktop application" these days? Is it any application designed primarily to work on a laptop or desktop form factor? A web application like SketchUp would qualify. Is it an application whose code is only stored locally, even if they don't work well with a laptop/desktop form factor? Any number of native mobile apps would qualify. What about a PWA that is cached locally but initially loaded via a URL?

nickstinemates on May 12, 2022 [–]

I don't consider electron apps or any thin veneer over some javascript to be a desktop app.

I also don't consider native phone/tablet apps to be desktop apps

danans on May 12, 2022 | [–]

> I don't consider electron apps or any thin veneer over some javascript to be a desktop app.

So VSCode isn't a desktop app?

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