Thread: HP keeping WebOS after all, making it open-source to the community
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Hurrian is offline Hurrian
2011-12-10 , 03:20
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#18
Originally Posted by Kangal View Post
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How about creating the most* advanced mobileOS ??
Basically organize a group like the Cyanogen-Mod-Team. A three step process:

First construct the base (from all these spare parts):
-Linux kernel (3.1.4)
-WebOS bits (CSS, HTML, Dalvik)
-MeeGo bits (mobile optimizations, Qt)

Next build a competent UX:
-WebOS/N9 isn't bad, even MIUI is attractive
-But I have something even GREATER in mind already

Finally port it to a very popular (new) hardware to gain traction:
-Nook Tablet/ASUS Transformer/Galaxy Nexus
WebOS is already highly optimized for phones. As an example, the way multitasking is done (cards instead of windows, as it's done in Maemo 5)

The only way I can think of improving WebOS is: overhaul it, making the UI use uxlaunch instead of the crazy, depend-on-several-services-that-are-not-dbus-and-X thing that it has now, and make it use DEB/RPM instead of the inadequate IPKG.

Oh, and a GRID of cards, not a stack of them. Like a hybrid of the N9 and Pre, swiping them away or into view.

Oh, and maybe migrate away from Mojo/Enyo to Tizen HTML5? The two are already quite similar.
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