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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Java says hi.
Cute comment aside, I completely disagree with your notion that anyone wants, needs, or will achieve a unified anything. The varying form factors and capabilities, which are hugely magnified in the mobile space, mean that you want to have the right functionality, displayed in an appropriate interface, at the right spot, at the right time.
I'm glad my iPad, iPhone, and laptop all function differently - I have vastly different needs sitting on the bus, in a meeting, and at my desk, and I want tools optimized for each of those places, working on the same set of data.
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I laughed at the Java comment.
There's already a huge overlap in functionality between phones, tablets, and PCs. I've got 10 apps on my iPhone that I've also got in some form on laptop. Obviously something like a full-featured Photoshop has no place on a phone - I'm talking about general computing here.
Web UI design absolutely has to be responsive to the client devices of your audience. I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that native apps could be developed to do the same thing.