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> It could be running a custom GUI on NetBSD or something. How it competes is unknown. I think the point the OP is making is that any custom OS will, at this p
by untog 10y ago
> It could be running a custom GUI on NetBSD or something. How it competes is unknown.
I think the point the OP is making is that any custom OS will, at this point, fail. Windows Phone, WebOS and FirefoxOS all tried and couldn't compete with the sheer number of apps on other platforms. You say that a decent browser will be a fine substitute for apps, I'd argue that every OS that has tried to do this and failed is evidence that it is not an acceptable substitute at all.
- freehunter 10y agoUgh don't remind me of WebOS. What a beautiful OS, wasted by an incompetent company. Some days I still wonder what the world would look like if geeks had picked WebOS instead of Android to rally around.
- gman83 10y agoGiven that Matías Duarte had a big hand in both Android and WebOS, I would imagine it wouldn't look all that different.
- canuckintime 10y agoUnfortunately there are still many features[1] that Android (and iOS) haven't stolen from webOS. The few features implemented have merely been copied poorly. I still multitask much more comfortably on a Pre 3.6" screen phone than on the 12.9" iPad Pro. And while we're in the topic of AI assistants, I still think these voice-only interfaces on iOS/Android, don't match the simplicity of webOS' Just Type. You have to memorize the capabilities and/or syntax for Siri and Google Assistant whereas webOS would autocomplete/autosuggest as you 'Just Type'. That experience is still profound imo. (If any of Andy Rubin's Essential team is reading this, please add 'Just Type' as a core feature to your assistant) [1] http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2012/02/21/steal_webos_features/ http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2012/02/21/steal_webos_feature...