I don't remember the last time I installed a GUI desktop application.
I think it might have been Zoom a couple years ago. If I install a desktop application that isn't some command line utility, it's a big deal, like a new girlfriend, feels like a committment. It better be a real appliance that actually requires access to hardware and would need to stay open most of the day.
I struggle to think of the audience for these kinds of concerns about "desktop GUI". If the customer is enterprise, government, etc., then they will want WinForms/C# or Java/Swing and you simply don't get to pick Rust, Go, etc.
If you just need a user interface, GUI nowadays means web or mobile (ideally SwiftUI).
Let's face it, in 10 years, there aren't going to be many people using desktops. The people that will be using desktops (like me) probably will be fine with and prefer curses interfaces that run in a terminal emulator. There you go, that's your cross-platform GUI.
I think it might have been Zoom a couple years ago. If I install a desktop application that isn't some command line utility, it's a big deal, like a new girlfriend, feels like a committment. It better be a real appliance that actually requires access to hardware and would need to stay open most of the day.
I struggle to think of the audience for these kinds of concerns about "desktop GUI". If the customer is enterprise, government, etc., then they will want WinForms/C# or Java/Swing and you simply don't get to pick Rust, Go, etc.
If you just need a user interface, GUI nowadays means web or mobile (ideally SwiftUI).
Let's face it, in 10 years, there aren't going to be many people using desktops. The people that will be using desktops (like me) probably will be fine with and prefer curses interfaces that run in a terminal emulator. There you go, that's your cross-platform GUI.