Comment by Yhippa
9 years ago
webOS is still my favorite mobile OS by far. It did so many things right like cards and the Touchstone charger. Cards and swiping actions were so natural. Synergy was very useful. The apps had some skeumorphism but nothing over the top. The notification system was very advanced for its time. With one-handed operation it's still easier for me to do all the swiping from the bottom of the screen instead of the top. Now the whole thing is just a slow front end for LG TV's.
I loved my Pre3 and used it until the apps got too old, eventually switching to a iPhone 5S.
It was a great UX but suffered from a variety of under the hood issues. Palm was the only other company that offered a (relatively) seamless upgrade experience. iOS has its faults but I much prefer the upgrade experience compared to Android.
It's surprising how 'dead' OSes can still live on in the Consumer Electronics world.
I recently bought a Panasonic TV and was surprised to discover, on first boot, that it was running Firefox OS, something that is considered 'dead' in the mobile space. Here's a link about it [1]
[1] "Firefox OS will Power New Panasonic UHD TVs Unveiled at CES" [ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2016/01/05/firefox-os-will-pow... ]