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Man, webOS ruled in this market before the epic journey that was its downfall. I had to drag unwilling family members kicking and screaming to iOS, unable to gi
by themartorana 12y ago
Man, webOS ruled in this market before the epic journey that was its downfall. I had to drag unwilling family members kicking and screaming to iOS, unable to give a good explanation for why it was missing so many conveniences webOS had.
It would be nice if another OS could be as instantly familiar as it was, as willing to be as simple or as complex as its user asked it to be.
It's funny how even today iOS and Android are just catching up to some of the beauty of webOS. Pieces of it live on in blatant (sometimes poor) rip offs, but even today I still miss it.
- pjc50 12y agoThis sounds interesting, could you list some of these conveniences?
- themartorana 12y agoFrom before iOS 5, webOS had pull down menus, wifi quick-select (STILL missing in iOS) card-based interface, card-based background-pause multitasking, backgrounded music player, card-based multitasking switcher with swipe-up to close, and the list continues. If these sound familiar it's because iOS ripped off so many of them. http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/11/4418188/apple-ios-7-design-influences http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/11/4418188/apple-ios-7-design...