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> WebOS was pretty tacky though an interesting OS design - actually implemented better by LG on their SmartTVs. I've got to stop you there. WebOS was far ahea
by atourgates 10y ago
> WebOS was pretty tacky though an interesting OS design - actually implemented better by LG on their SmartTVs.
I've got to stop you there. WebOS was far ahead of its time, and especially considered in the context of a small startup going against established players, was brilliant.
It offered in some ways better and more intuitive usability than iOS, along with a great app development ecosystem and philosophy.
Palm's WebOS devices were a pleasure to use, in a time when that was a very rare thing for a mobile device.
- newman314 10y agoAgreed. WebOS was the only other OS other than iOS that offered the singular upgrade experience. It was clunky under the hood and never received enough love. It would have been interesting to see where WebOS (phone) would be today had Palm survived.
- armandososa 10y agoWas Palm a small startup? I think it was more like the last effort of a company on it's way out.
- BoorishBears 10y agoPreware was one of the most amazing pieces of software I've ever seen on mobile (I remember going out at lunch multiple times to hang around a fast public wifi spot to try and download an LDXE-based chroot that was too large for my home connection). Stuff like Xposed is interesting, but I haven't seen any software for mobile that managed to match the kind of community driven tweaking that Preware fostered.
- givinguflac 10y agoEver heard of Cydia?
- BoorishBears 10y agoYes, but Cydia requires jailbreaking which limits how similar I'd say it is to Preware, as the average iOS user probably isn't jailbreaking
- Steko 10y ago> WebOS was far ahead of its time I see this any time WebOS is mentioned but this makes WebOS sound a lot more innovative than it was. WebOS is widely lauded for two things: (1) the card application interface and (2) the accompanying physics/gestures, especially swipe from edge. Now these are great and appropriately lauded but that is a short list that really pales compared to a similar list of things the iPhone OS had introduced at that time. Other than that WebOS is basically a nicely polished clone of the iPhone OS. Even the cards metaphor itself, the hallmark of WebOS, was used two years earlier in the original iPhone in Mobile Safari and Cover Flow.
- jkmcf 10y agoMy wife had a Palm Pre with WebOS when I had an iPhone 3G. The Pre was pure crap, but the OS was very interesting and intuitive. I rarely had to help her with it. She's had iPhones since then, which can frustrate her due to how it handles settings, and she hates changes -- this week it's the removal of swipe to unlock :)
- Yhippa 10y ago> a short list that really pales compared to a similar list of things the iPhone OS had introduced at that time Like what?