I just managed to get a absolute baseline working app in avaloniaUI using this library that someone cooked up. No idea if the library is actively maintained, but uh, we’ll figure that out when we get to it.

Compared to using the site, possible advantages of a desktop are:

  1. Being able to save posts offline
  2. Client side filtering
  3. performance
  4. less data usage
  5. Not having to use your browser

Other things too, I’m sure. Just trying to gauge interest here. Also I barely know avalonia or C# so just don’t expect a polished app out by next monday.

  • rbn@feddit.ch
    42·
    1 year ago

    Personally, I tend to prefer apps on mobile and the web versions of services when working from a PC.

  • ohlaph@lemmy.world
    25·
    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t. I don’t prefer additional apps on my PC because I switch between three computers, so the browser is much easier for me. But that’s just me.

    • jellyka@lemmy.ca
      12·
      1 year ago

      Apps for desktop websites isn’t a thing

      It totally is a thing. But at the same time, you’re not wrong, since they all run on electron lmao.

      • morrowind@lemmy.mlOP
        14·
        1 year ago

        I’d say that makes it even more of a thing, as people clearly want apps even if they’re wrapped up websites

  • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
    9·
    1 year ago

    As long as it’s open source :-)

    Would love some mod tools, scraping tools, discovery tools, information dashboard for a server etc.

  • amio@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    No, not really. It’s a website.

    Why not go the userscript route (apart from having to deal with JS which is definitely a legit reason in my book) like RES?

  • railsdev@programming.dev
    6·
    1 year ago

    Generally speaking I prefer OS native apps to cross-platform. Being a macOS user cross-platforms apps tend not to respect OS conventions like Command + Click on document title to show the directory it’s in, being able to move files that are open, etc.

    Not to say that this app would need any of that. I guess my point is that oftentimes cross-platform stuff looks janky (no matter the host OS).

    • morrowind@lemmy.mlOP
      6·
      1 year ago

      Real footage of me as a windows user finding a good native app (I had forgotten they existed)

      |100

      Jokes aside, I get what you mean. Ultimately though, I thought it would be more valuable for me and users for it to be cross platform. If I was a mac user I might have made it native. You guys still have some good apps left.

    • morrowind@lemmy.mlOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      Avalonia works just fine on linux. Also if things work out, it will be AOT compiled. Plus with WSL, linux should be easy to test for me. Mac will be the only problematic one, as I don’t have one.

      • nottheengineer@feddit.de
        42·
        1 year ago

        The thing is that WSL isn’t a good place to test it. I’ve had major issues with stuff like EDSM (for elite dangerous). It works fine on windows, linux with mono just straight up doesn’t work and proton is still a pain because of all the windows dependencies.

        There’s also a reason why keepassXC exists, a rewrite was probably easier than making the .NET orginal run properly on linux.

  • XpeeN@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    1 year ago

    Just note that you can use Liftoff on desktop, and I think thunder too, but not sure.

      • XpeeN@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        1 year ago

        Why’s that? I actually find all the desktop apps shows the Post’s imgs/gifs as a small thumbnail, which I don’t like when scrolling the feed. For me everything there works well and pretty convenient.