> working desktop applications to look and feel like mobile apps This is basically what I mean by mixing paradigms, and it's getting more and more common in op

> working desktop applications to look and feel like mobile apps This is basically what I mean by mixing paradigms, and it's getting more and more common in operating systems as well, with Windows as clear leader. As for touch input, I personally think it's of little use on the desktop. I've already got a mouse, which when properly configured is a pixel-precision input device. I simply cannot do the things I do with a mouse on a touchpad, let alone a touchscreen. There are several other crimes as well, big and small, mainly in Windows but also on Linux/BSD (especially in Gnome, where the worst decisions made seem to perpetuate into other FOSS DE:s). Apple is still keeping things relatively sane, even though they've slipped somewhat of late.