He's putting himself on my blacklist by using OnSwipe. How is that shit not dead yet?
I assume it's really a secret plot by Microsoft to make the mobile web unusable and drive everybody back to PCs where they're still semi-competitive.
I'm not sticking up for OnSwipe, but this litany of "OnSwipe is evil" has become something of a religious ritual on HN, and for once I'd like to see if we can do better than a mindless chant.
What do we think the people who work at OnSwipe are setting out to do?
If you care that much about getting deeper insight into how yet another horrible, misguided product came to foul the market with its stench, why don't you walk next door and investigate instead of doing your old man yells at clouds routine? You're obviously both better-equipped and better-motivated than the rest of us to get answers. If that's not enough to make you do it, don't expect anyone else to do it for you.
I have no idea what OnSwipe is supposed to be. It's not obvious at all.
In my opinion, I am not an asshole, but at least one other person in this thread certainly is. Why ask this question? Has my answer contributed anything of value? Were you expecting it to?
> Write your comments for the readers of HN, not for whomever you're replying to.
Do as you say, not as you do?
> I have no idea what OnSwipe is supposed to be. It's not obvious at all.
It's a UI for mobile/touchscreen devices. I even stated as much in my original comment, and I reject the notion that it is non-obvious.
Every time you encounter a crappy example of a product category, do you ask what the product is supposed to be? What answer are you even expecting? "This is really bad spaghetti." "OK, but what is it supposed to be?"... Wat?
This is further aggravated by the fact that many site owners choose to use them.