samir, an unknown quantitySep 4, 2023

STOP DOING APPS

* SITES were not supposed to be given apps
* YEARS OF UPDATING yet no real-world use found for putting websites on your COMPUTER
* "Yes, I want to download 200 MB of code and pictures every week for a thing I use ONCE A YEAR" – statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged

"Hello I would like you to bother me at random intervals by buzzing my phone"

They have played us for absolute fools

Show threadsamir, an unknown quantitySep 4, 2023
WebOS was correct and we all fucked up by ignoring it.
Show threadyakkoj 🦊Sep 4, 2023
@samir also WebOS's universal instant messaging app (I've forgotten what it was called) was the first and last time I could take every chat thing I had, give the details to this WebOS app, and be able to IM anyone without asking "are they on AIM, or is it Yahoo?"
Show threadZorin =^o.o^=

@yakkoj @samir That was GROUNDBREAKING, it was basically one chat application for everything.

Not to say it didn't have issues though. For example the AIM API required a constant, somewhat chatty TCP connection to stay open. So it would hurt battery pretty badly.

But I'm sure those issues could have been worked out.

Sep 4, 2023 at 5:49pmWeb
Show threadsamir, an unknown quantitySep 4, 2023

@zorinlynx @yakkoj Awesome. We had those on the desktop beforehand, but it would have been lovely to use one on mobile too.

I think the real problem was WhatsApp and Facebook though. They took over and they were totally closed. The old services died.