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Android is the killer app.

• jwhitlark 16y ago
  With the Intent system, this is quite literally true. Android is much more in line with the unix "small, sharp tools" philosophy, while iOS apps seem like they would fall victim to Zawinski's Law. AFAIK, in iOS you interact with yourself or the OS, while on Android, you can interact with anyone who registers an intent.
  • rahoulb 16y ago
    The thing is that this has always been Apple's design decision - the OS marks very clear distinctions between applications (as described here in another Gruber piece about the OSX - and MacOS - window manager http://daringfireball.net/2003/05/the_problems_with_clickthrough http://daringfireball.net/2003/05/the_problems_with_clickthr...) The difference being the Mac allowed you to follow the same unix style philosophy through pervasive scripting, which you can't do on iOS. EDIT: typos