It’s not unlike Hollywood cinema: glitz and glam. Truth is, we had knobs and switches, then typewriters which naturally transition to command line, then we had

It’s not unlike Hollywood cinema: glitz and glam. Truth is, we had knobs and switches, then typewriters which naturally transition to command line, then we had window managers which are like a desk(top) covered in papers. Then we had... well that’s all we have. I guess the next thing is AR/VR and 3D UIs but until then... A mobile phone or tablet UI I would say is like a spiral bound pocket notebook, as compared to the proper desktop metaphor of full laptop/desktop computers. It’s like trying to reinvent the book. It _can_ be enhanced, but most of the time it doesn’t change the overall reading experience.