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Lot of potential theories here. Allow me to offer one of my own: it's our physical posture and ergonomics. When on the desktop, you're usually sitting down in f
by hliyan 5y ago
Lot of potential theories here. Allow me to offer one of my own: it's our physical posture and ergonomics. When on the desktop, you're usually sitting down in front of a desk after deciding to set aside some time for the express purpose of doing something on a computer. A small wait for the UI to render is tolerable. But when you're on a mobile device, it's usually the the thing you're using to kill time while you're waiting for something else. Delays are a lot less tolerable.
Another thing: on desktop, the burden of task switching is lower -- you click another tab while the page loads. It's literally just another instantly responsive click back when the thing loads. On mobile, it's a slightly slower, more involved process as you tap and hunt for icons.
- omegalulw 5y ago> A small wait for the UI to render is tolerable. Absolutely not. In fact, I expect more responsiveness from my desktop.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoAgreed, when using my phone I am very frequently waiting for it to do something. Start Google Maps, wait 5 seconds, click the search bar, wait 3 seconds before the keyboard comes up, type a few letters, wait between 0 and 10 seconds for any letters to show up... It's hilarious when you think about how ludicrously powerful these devices are compared to what we were using 15 years ago that wasn't that sluggish. And of course by hilarious I mean dreadful.
- hliyan 5y agoThis is also me, but as an engineer. It's not how the average user's mind works.
- imbnwa 5y agoA difference I haven't seen highlighted in this thread yet is that there are phone apps and then there are tablet apps, and the latter have already made big in-roads with content creators, e.g. amateur/pro musicians, illustrators/artists, etcs. Tablets can provide the ergnomic benefits and the high-level interface for their tasks that a mouse and keyboard can, depending on context, add more complexity to. A lot of the times, you don't need all the power user features at once for your work in the course of creating some art form. Tablets are lighter than laptops generally and are faster to boot up for when the spark of creativity hits. Posture and ergnomics are definitely big wins for mobile as a whole, and lot of comments here are desktop power users speaking strictly of their workflows translating to a phone.