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 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

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

wait, does windows jit compile C++ ??

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours 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.

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

That makes so much more sense lol

[–] duckCityComplex@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days 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."

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

Win+R, notepad, enter. The run command still works...for now.

They sure are destroying that platform at lightning speed.

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

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

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Use proprietary softwane developed for profit
It's shit

Many such cases

[–] miridius@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Use FOSS software developed by unpaid volunteers in their free time
They don't have time to finish the functionality or fix the bugs
It's even worse

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 43 points 3 days ago

c/programmer_sorrow

[–] who@feddit.org 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably negligible compared to the bundled AI tools

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day 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.

[–] tijean@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days 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?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

Oh yeah... that's just bad design

[–] noctivius@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

deserved tbh

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is that true?...

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days 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 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days 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