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You can't build a "for-real native desktop app" without building half of a browser anyway. Can't use a font without FreeType or HarfBuzz, can't use a secure socket without OpenSSL. Can't afford to redraw the entire screen each frame, so you need a DOM of some kind to cache rendered boxes. The OS doesn't do anything it didn't do 20 years ago. Stack's a mess rn. imo

[wmf]

No, I'm pretty sure OSes provide text rendering, SSL, and some analog of MVC.

[whartung]

Thankfully, JavaFX does all of that (fonts, SSL, scene graph), but it's an unpopular option.

Yea, it's not native, but its more the native dev experience, and its actually quite portable.