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_diyartoday at 1:23 PM1 replyview on HN

true, but ~all new users have a stronger mental model of how their phone works vs. big-screen devices.


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preg_matchtoday at 3:24 PM

The solutions is then them building a mental model for the desktop. Using phone strategy on larger screens is a usability issue, because it doesn’t translate well or take advantage of a mouse and keyboard. We went through this with windows 8. It’s a nice idea, but in practice it makes the desktop much more cumbersome to use. It might have a benefit for very new users, but it’s temporary in nature.

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