The issue is that with mobile something has to pop up. So browsers need to make the decision Back in the day we had buttons in inputs, so a user could either c

The issue is that with mobile something has to pop up. So browsers need to make the decision Back in the day we had buttons in inputs, so a user could either click on white to enter the text or click on a button to see a picker/something. Same goes for type-or-choose comboboxes, search-or-choose object picker fields, type-or-calculate numeric fields and so on. In addition to that, specifically for date fields in inhouse systems I’ve often added a popup button with most obvious starters. E.g. some reports assume days around today and some are mostly month-oriented, so a popup contains “today (<date>)”, “yesterday”, “start/end of week/month/quarter”, some combination of these. And also “+/- <unit>” buttons to quickly adjust a period in case they changed their mind. Users were happy. Good luck choosing a previous quarter and narrowing into it with these modern ui abominations. It’s not a mobile issue, it’s an issue with stupid decisions around “stupid” users who still don’t get it, as all our occasional tests on eldery show. These ui patterns are designed for someone who never existed irl. And what’s worse, these uis are not forced to use by those very designers. We could see a great improvement if they were forced to sensibly pick 50 random dates and other fields before collecting their paycheck.