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On 2021-08-23 16:31, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> On 8/23/21 3:14 PM, DrPi wrote:
>>>
>> OS dependency is great but what about efficiency ?
>> WEB technologies are usually resource hungry.
> 
> S/W engineers only worry about "efficiency" when it becomes an actual 
> issue. GUI applications usually spend most of their time waiting for 
> user input, so the "efficiency" of the GUI is not an issue.

True, but when you detect a performance issue in the GUI it is too late 
to do anything. GUI libraries force designs when the whole application 
is built around the GUI. There is no way back.


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