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+title: "More native than a Web app"
+date: 2023-11-21T22:30:17-08:00
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+    - title: 'The Fediverse'
+      url: 'https://pleroma.envs.net/notice/Ac3YFDiQUINNybAA4W'
+    - title: 'jstpst'
+      url: 'https://www.jstpst.net/f/just_post/9096/more-native-than-a-web-app'
+    - title: 'IndieNews'
+      url: 'https://news.indieweb.org/en'
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+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:
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+- 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).
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+It's an easier question to answer than my second question: "What <abbr title="Web Content Accessibility Guidelines">WCAG</abbr> conformance level can I hope for?