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0 pointsnknighthb12y ago0 comments

A shitty, laggy, memory-eating UI for mobile/touchscreen devices that people who have absolutely never used a tablet put on their websites thinking it makes them cool. In reality, it is a sort of reverse-DDoS on mobile web users.

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.

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tptacek12y ago

Ok, now, can someone demonstrate some insight and/or thoughtfulness by explaining what OnSwipe is supposed to be? Their offices are next door to ours at Union Square, and the people that work there do not appear to be assholes hell-bent on ruining your mobile browsing experience.

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?

nknighthbOP12y ago

Your question is mindless. We all know what OnSwipe is supposed to be. It's sufficiently obvious as to need no explanation.

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.

sillysaurus212y ago

Why be an asshole? Write your comments for the readers of HN, not for whomever you're replying to.

I have no idea what OnSwipe is supposed to be. It's not obvious at all.

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