We probably need to distinguish between consumer UI's and office or "productivity" UI's. The first is more subject to fads and gimmicks, or at least should be.
As far as office UI's, there seems a push back to desktop based applications. Microsoft is improving the deployment process such that deployment is becoming almost seamless. The web failed to give us sufficient and reliable widgets and screen control. JavaScript + DOM is a hack. We waited it out, hoping, but are gradually giving up: it's not coming; the web is stuck on suck for that niche. Desktop IDE's are more productive than web stacks for office CRUD development. And they use screen real-estate better. Bootstrap is finger-centric waste-strap. We gotta mouse, use it! And MVC? Gimme a break.
Hopefully a cross-platform GUI browser and related standard are created. But MS still rules the office screen for now such that cross-platform is less an issue. If you don't like MS, there's always Delphi/Lazarus, but I cannot comment on their application update deployment yet.
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 16.0 ms ] threadAs far as office UI's, there seems a push back to desktop based applications. Microsoft is improving the deployment process such that deployment is becoming almost seamless. The web failed to give us sufficient and reliable widgets and screen control. JavaScript + DOM is a hack. We waited it out, hoping, but are gradually giving up: it's not coming; the web is stuck on suck for that niche. Desktop IDE's are more productive than web stacks for office CRUD development. And they use screen real-estate better. Bootstrap is finger-centric waste-strap. We gotta mouse, use it! And MVC? Gimme a break.
Hopefully a cross-platform GUI browser and related standard are created. But MS still rules the office screen for now such that cross-platform is less an issue. If you don't like MS, there's always Delphi/Lazarus, but I cannot comment on their application update deployment yet.