Palm’s webos was likely 10 years ahead of its time. It was one of the few devices where web based technologies were first class citizens. Applications and the

Palm’s webos was likely 10 years ahead of its time. It was one of the few devices where web based technologies were first class citizens. Applications and the entire UI were built in JavaScript and HTML. iOS and Android were, and are not as able to express via web interactions. It was difficult to even compile web apps as mobile apps for the iOS web store. The desktop didn’t belong to anyone and was reasonably open from an app perspective. So was the web. Maybe webos or something like it will emerge in the future and let us see what tightly managed mobile environments we live with.