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Ugh 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 picke
by freehunter 10y ago
Ugh 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...