Agreed, but thats the tragedy of desktop ui development. Either you get pretty but electron app where loading a few hundred messages grinds it to a halt
Or you get ancient looking Ui
Or you get platform spesific stuff!
Actually Java applications are kinda reasonable compromise
> Actually Java applications are kinda reasonable compromise
As are .NET applications. Yeah, most .NET desktop apps in the wild are technically chock full of Windowsisms, I've found that said apps more often than not Just Work(TM) on e.g. Linux w/ Mono, and alternative toolkits like Avalonia help further.
Or you get ancient looking Ui
Or you get platform spesific stuff!
Actually Java applications are kinda reasonable compromise