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I prefer WebOS.

by amock 16y ago

I prefer WebOS.

catshirt 16y ago
could you elaborate? i've been using my iphone for a few years and this week i've been seriously considering ditching it for a pre just for webOS- but i've hesitated because i haven't been able to find many testimonials. i think the dev environment alone has me sold.
- amock 16y ago
  One things WebOS excels at is multitasking. Cards and stacks in WebOS are a great way to have multiple items open. I used to have an iPad and sometimes I'd use it for web browsing since it has a much larger screen but I'd always miss how easy it was to switch between pages and apps on WebOS. Having a physical keyboard is a little different, but it's not really a positive or negative for me. I make extensive use of Just Type to quickly launch apps or search and sometimes it's really nice to have the whole screen available while you type. It's also possible to enable a virtual keyboard via third party apps, which leads me to my favorite WebOS feature. WebOS is easy to hack on. There was a someone at Palm who said something like "WebOS doesn't have the concept of jailbreaking; we call that logging in". It really is that easy. You have root access on your phone so you can do whatever you want. Since the kernel sources are available there are alternative kernels available and there are alternative apps stores available. Since the official app store is not yet available in all countries someone developed a way to activate the phone as if it's in the US so you can buy apps but still have it work on your local carrier. Not all the code is open sourced so some people say that it's not as open as Android, but as far as being able to do what you want with your phone I think WebOS is far ahead of the competition. I haven't done much development on WebOS but my experiences so far have been positive. I don't really like JavaScript but I still think developing for WebOS is fun. Definitely better than my experience with Android and even though the Eclipse based development toolkit isn't as nice as Xcode I think Ares is better. Even though it has the features I want it still needs some work. Using WebOS 1.4 for me was kind of like using the early versions of OS X. I could tell that it was a good idea but the performance needed some software and hardware improvements. With WebOS 2.0 my Pre Plus is faster but still not as fast as I'd like. I've used a Pre 2 a little and that seems fast enough, but I'm waiting for WebOS 3, which will have an improved rendering engine, and the Pre 3 before I upgrade. I think HP's decision to put WebOS on every computer they ship could produce a lot of good things, but we'll have to wait and see. I also plan on getting a TouchPad as soon as it's launched and the integration between the two is very appealing.

I prefer WebOS.

by amock 16y ago

I prefer WebOS.

could you elaborate? i've been using my iphone for a few years and this week i've been seriously considering ditching it for a pre just for webOS- but i've hesitated because i haven't been able to find many testimonials. i think the dev environment alone has me sold.

amock 16y ago
One things WebOS excels at is multitasking. Cards and stacks in WebOS are a great way to have multiple items open. I used to have an iPad and sometimes I'd use it for web browsing since it has a much larger screen but I'd always miss how easy it was to switch between pages and apps on WebOS. Having a physical keyboard is a little different, but it's not really a positive or negative for me. I make extensive use of Just Type to quickly launch apps or search and sometimes it's really nice to have the whole screen available while you type. It's also possible to enable a virtual keyboard via third party apps, which leads me to my favorite WebOS feature. WebOS is easy to hack on. There was a someone at Palm who said something like "WebOS doesn't have the concept of jailbreaking; we call that logging in". It really is that easy. You have root access on your phone so you can do whatever you want. Since the kernel sources are available there are alternative kernels available and there are alternative apps stores available. Since the official app store is not yet available in all countries someone developed a way to activate the phone as if it's in the US so you can buy apps but still have it work on your local carrier. Not all the code is open sourced so some people say that it's not as open as Android, but as far as being able to do what you want with your phone I think WebOS is far ahead of the competition. I haven't done much development on WebOS but my experiences so far have been positive. I don't really like JavaScript but I still think developing for WebOS is fun. Definitely better than my experience with Android and even though the Eclipse based development toolkit isn't as nice as Xcode I think Ares is better. Even though it has the features I want it still needs some work. Using WebOS 1.4 for me was kind of like using the early versions of OS X. I could tell that it was a good idea but the performance needed some software and hardware improvements. With WebOS 2.0 my Pre Plus is faster but still not as fast as I'd like. I've used a Pre 2 a little and that seems fast enough, but I'm waiting for WebOS 3, which will have an improved rendering engine, and the Pre 3 before I upgrade. I think HP's decision to put WebOS on every computer they ship could produce a lot of good things, but we'll have to wait and see. I also plan on getting a TouchPad as soon as it's launched and the integration between the two is very appealing.