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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 109 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So it turns out that it's just the "Recommended" section, and it's actually the Microsoft flavor of React Native that spits out real ~~Windows~~ (I think C++) code, but still...yeah.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean when you say it spits out real windows code?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, I think I must have had a small stroke while writing that. I think I meant C++.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

That makes so much more sense lol

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

wait, does windows jit compile C++ ??

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You know, I thought I heard it did, but now I can't find any sources so it may just be Winforms or something.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  1. Use proprietary softwane developed for profit
  2. It's shit

Many such cases

[–] miridius@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  1. Use FOSS software developed by unpaid volunteers in their free time
  2. They don't have time to finish the functionality or fix the bugs
  3. It's even worse
[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Skill issue. Just buy a jitterbug why don't you

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 43 points 2 months ago

c/programmer_sorrow

[–] who@feddit.org 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It would be interesting to see the annual global power consumption from design choices like this.

[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably negligible compared to the bundled AI tools

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I'm convinced a lot of the "AI tools" in general are just the same old tool with data collection tacked onto it. I really hope some of the things I see labeled as "AI" in tech these days are not actually running some model on a GPU somewhere. I pray they aren't at least.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah... that's just bad design

[–] duckCityComplex@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So maybe this explains why Windows takes 20 seconds to find Notepad when I search for it on the Start menu.

Sometimes it's like "Notepad? Never heard of it."

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago

Let me search Bing for "notepad," since that's definitely something you want when you're searching the start menu.

[–] noctivius@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

deserved tbh

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This YouTube link at the time indicates part of the menu is. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJNEFHj8b8&t=276s

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of so it's the ads that are react native apps. Double gross.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

I don’t have any expertise or taken a look at it but this comment makes it so much worse: https://lemmy.ca/comment/16819736

[–] tijean@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Does this explain why the new native paint and notepad apps are so awful? I find these apps behaving like browser apps instead of a native applications. Also the right click menu sometimes paints/fills in instead of instantly appearing? How about context menus that are misplaced or impossible to read?