You got that wrong.
Modern JavaScript / SPAs make it possible to implement something like Outlook right within your browser.
No (big) download, no clicking through an installation wizard, no fragmentation of versions for a tool, which forces you to be online anyway.
I don't get all the hate towards SPAs and JavaScript Frameworks here on HN. Everyone is basically complaining about complexity for applications, which are more than just a server-rendered form or message board (which is a way less complex applications compared to outlook or slack, where "realtime notification" is a requirement).
Application programming became easier by a lot, just the application requirements grew at the same speed, resulting in that feeling of stagnation.
With something like zustand[1] or the react context api, its just ~10 lines of code to store the dark-mode boolean somewhere central in the app and connect it to all the components without prop drilling.
[1] https://github.com/react-spring/zustand
I don't get all the hate towards SPAs and JavaScript Frameworks here on HN. Everyone is basically complaining about complexity for applications, which are more than just a server-rendered form or message board (which is a way less complex applications compared to outlook or slack, where "realtime notification" is a requirement).
Application programming became easier by a lot, just the application requirements grew at the same speed, resulting in that feeling of stagnation.
With something like zustand[1] or the react context api, its just ~10 lines of code to store the dark-mode boolean somewhere central in the app and connect it to all the components without prop drilling.
[1] https://github.com/react-spring/zustand