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I really miss Windows Phone. It was a great alternative to iOS and Android and I used it for years (Omnia 7, then Lumia 920) until I switched to iPhone as WP wa
by can16358p 5y ago
I really miss Windows Phone. It was a great alternative to iOS and Android and I used it for years (Omnia 7, then Lumia 920) until I switched to iPhone as WP was into inevitable demise by Microsoft.
The interface was beautiful, smooth, modern looking. Whoever designed WP (and Zune) probably deserves a much better place than Microsoft as they were just too good.
I love Apple's design aesthetics in many ways, but still sometimes miss Windows Phone and it's tiles layout and its unique haptic feedback feeling. Not to mention that keyboard was more responsive than iOS too. (iOS is okay, still better than Android, but WP was the best in keyboard for me)
I also developed for WP too, which had a nice SDK though it was too limited. Of course it could expand much more by time. For me personally, using my favorite IDE (Visual Studio) at the time with my favorite language (C#) with XAML syntax was lovely.
Sad to see great potential dead.
- durnygbur 5y agoWP was the realistic 3rd alternative mobile ecosystem. Sad how the industry gave up without a fight to the global duopoly.