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Mobile devices are mostly "consuming" devices. If you want to do computer based work, e.g. type a letter, you're going to need a different type of device (i.e.
by pan69 12y ago
Mobile devices are mostly "consuming" devices. If you want to do computer based work, e.g. type a letter, you're going to need a different type of device (i.e. laptop or desktop, one with a decent display and keyboard).
What has changed from the desktop era of the 90's is that there are a lot more consuming devices today. People now have phones an tablets to access the Internet who wouldn't have this type access 10/15 years ago.
- walterbell 12y ago> People now have phones an tablets to access the Internet who wouldn't have this type access 10/15 years ago. Some (hopefully many) of whom will discover what is possible on desktop creative platforms that have less restrictions than phones.
- pan69 12y agoYes, indeed. That might actually be very true. That large group of people who are simply "consumers" today might become "creators" in the future.
- r00fus 12y agoIt's more than that - recently I had to send an application for services to my prospective provider - they wanted me to fill out some pdf form but also send the front/back of an ID card. In a pre-iPhone era, I would have been required to visit my office and use the print/scanner there. This time, I took pics on my iPhone, then attached using the mail app, saved my draft, then attached the completed pdf form using my laptop mail app and sent it. This is really about laptops, phones and tablets all having equal status as consumers of cloud sites and APIs while having different UX and capabilities.