This is where we differ then :) For me, it's akin to how each application on PCs implement tabs, but in a slightly different way (Chrome v. Firefox v. Nautilus). Because webOS has a consistent interface for handling multiple pages (and WebOS 2+ has card grouping), it makes for less mental effort to expect that is going to happen.
Holding down the home button is as fast as scrolling through cards in my experience. You're right, that is a comparable interface for going back and forth between applications. I like how in webOS there is an infinitely-scrollable list of tabs, whereas in Android OS/iOS it is "most recently opened" applications, the state of each application is hard to tell just from their icons, etc. webOS better mimicks the PC model.
And I was unclear about copy/paste on webOS; I meant situations where you can't just copy and paste (like consulting a map for nearby cities or roads, and you have to perform manual entry). But I'm skilled in the webOS switch, others in Android/iOS. YMMV.
Holding down the home button is as fast as scrolling through cards in my experience. You're right, that is a comparable interface for going back and forth between applications. I like how in webOS there is an infinitely-scrollable list of tabs, whereas in Android OS/iOS it is "most recently opened" applications, the state of each application is hard to tell just from their icons, etc. webOS better mimicks the PC model.
And I was unclear about copy/paste on webOS; I meant situations where you can't just copy and paste (like consulting a map for nearby cities or roads, and you have to perform manual entry). But I'm skilled in the webOS switch, others in Android/iOS. YMMV.