abandoned

A desktop app built on Mozilla's XULRunner

Months of work on a complex desktop application built on Mozilla's XULRunner, followed by the discovery that Mozilla had no interest in supporting the technology going forward. Left the platform for native and web instead, and still calls that the right decision — while noting that what replaced XUL is no match for it.

Told by _pdp_ on Hacker News, 24 Nov 2016. Retold here in our words, with some of theirs kept; the original is linked above.

Written by them, summarised by us, and linked back. Ask us to take it down and we will, no questions.