I'm a mobile developer and back around 2011 I was hoping like hell that Windows Phone would make it big. When you look at Xcode (for iOS), Eclipse (for Android and Blackberry) and MS Visual Studio (for Windows Mobile and Windows Phone) for mobile development, there was absolutely no comparison - it was Visual Studio all the fucking way. But Microsoft just decided to completely shit the bed and give up on mobile altogether. I still don't get it.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Around that time WebOS (under Palm) had the Mojo SDK, it was pretty slick.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've heard nothing but good things about WebOS but I never got the chance to try it out.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I loved it, it's a shame that phone failed to find it's market. Luckily Matias Duarte eventually incorporated the best parts into android. Swipe navigation is almost identical to webos