Rusty CorgiMar 12

thinking a lot about how the guy who convinced Steve Jobs not to put a back button on the iPhone because it'd be inconsistent and confusing is also the same guy who scammed millions of dollars from people with his Humane AI pin that never worked and that they're just going to straight up brick brick soon

talk about a hero to villain arc ​ and YES, my fellow Android peeps, the back button is, in fact, inconsistent and terrible. ​

#Humane #HumaneAI #ImranChaudhri #Apple #iOS #iPhone #Android

Show threadQueen Calyo DelphiMar 12
@Rusty Yeah the handhelds we use at work are definitely Android-based and I can't figure out where the "back" "button" (it's not even a fucking button it's just a function-specific touch region!!!) goes at any time and I just use the center home "button" all the time instead.
Show threadRusty Corgi

@dragonarchitect I have the back gesture bound to a small region on my phone actually. I got so fed up with not being able to crop photos or pull out a hamburger menu without it triggering back instead and undoing everything I was just working on. And I can't just disable the back button since the app design is so bad there are a ton of apps that rely on it to close out of the screen you're on. I can't deal with the button navigation though, so the small gesture area is preferable, but I'd rather it just not be necessary.  

It baffles me that this is 50% of our mobile operating system market. I miss you WebOS 

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Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 16

@Rusty @dragonarchitect well, it's because @mozillaofficial fucked up #FirefoxOS, #SailfishOS was run into the ground, #webOS got neglected, #Microsoft halfassed #WindowsMobile and #Apple refuses to license #iOS to 3rd parties.

  • Thus #Android is the only option if you device doesn't want to look like it's from the early 2000s...
Show threadRusty CorgiMar 16
@kkarhan @dragonarchitect webOS didn't get neglected, it got bought out when it didn't immediately generate enough shareholder value. FirefoxOS was a terrible idea from the start (much like ChromeOS is tbh but they had enough money and market dominance to make that work), and yeah Microsoft completely fucked Windows Phone and did everything in their power to make headass decisions with it. Honestly Microsoft is so grossly incompetent that it baffles me that they're even a company.
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 16

@Rusty @dragonarchitect I disagree re: webOS and FirefoxOS.

#webOS failed due to lack of market penetration (there was only like 1 Tablet from #hp) and #FirefoxOS failed because @mozillaofficial didn't even offer to sell devices to folks like me and @fuchsiii that wanted one.

  • The only devices with #Firefox OS in the #EU were a few #NetLock'd #prepaid phones that got sold in Spain (reqiring ID for no valid reason!) and which were essentially useless for anyone outside of Spain.

Add to that the absurdity that #Mozilla basically expected carriers (!!) to maintain and provide the #AppStore|s themselves and you get market fracturing worse than the "P.R." #China (!!!)…

It was mismanaged and self-sabotaged in the worst possible way.

  • Similar to how #OLPC never sold the #XO1 in retail and didn't even offer the "Give one, Get one" deal in most places...

The #Duopoly of #Android & #iOS wasn't unavoidable, but an outcome of #SelfSabotage and halfassed non-commitment by competitors!

Show threadKanceptMar 16
@Rusty @kkarhan @dragonarchitect webOS was peak mobile operating system. Sold off my webOS pile not too long ago. 😓
Show threadDenzil Ferreira Mar 16
@kkarhan @Rusty @dragonarchitect @mozillaofficial @furilabs FLX1 enters the chat…