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Such a shame it didn't survive in the mobile space. I still have a HP Touchpad. WebOS was a really good mobile OS. After HP wound it down, the main guy behind
by Sunspark 6y ago
Such a shame it didn't survive in the mobile space. I still have a HP Touchpad. WebOS was a really good mobile OS.
After HP wound it down, the main guy behind WebOS, Matias Duarte went on to Android and then implemented Material Design there.
- codezero 6y agoIt took a decade for apple to bring synergy to iOS, and it was live when the touchpad launched and also simultaneously died :( webOS multitasking, and gesture navigation were way ahead of their time.
- Osiris 6y agoThe HP Touchpad was such a joy to use. WebOS was really smooth and significantly more responsive than Android tablets at the time. One specific feature I miss is when switching apps, the app cards were live views of the app, rather than screenshots like in Android.
- addicted 6y agoI had the touchpad as well and the OS design was incredible. They were doing things with WebOS that Apple and the like would imitate nearly half a decade later.