diff --git a/content/notes/more-native-than-web.md b/content/notes/more-native-than-web.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2acbb79 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/more-native-than-web.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +title: "More native than a Web app" +date: 2023-11-21T22:30:17-08:00 +syndicatedCopies: + - title: 'The Fediverse' + url: 'https://pleroma.envs.net/notice/Ac3YFDiQUINNybAA4W' +--- +Whenever I discover a new GUI toolkit, my first question is always "is it more native than the Web?" For reference, here are some ways Web apps have better system integration than Flutter: + +- System fonts, font hinting settings, and font fallback settings. +- System text navigation shortcuts. +- System scrollbar visibility, thickness, and click settings/behavior. +- System highlight menus and controls (on touchscreens). +- System display scaling settings. +- System reduced-motion settings (An API is documented, but I have never used a Flutter app that actually disables animations. I may be wrong). +- System reduced-transparency settings. +- System forced-colors mode (Windows High Contrast Mode). +- System color palettes (some browsers support setting default colors without necessarily forcing the palette). +- System media controls (play/pause/skip, current track, e.g. using MPRIS on freedesktop platforms). + +It's an easier question to answer than my second question: "What WCAG conformance level can I hope for?