On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:19:02 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

[...]
Then we should use an operating system suitable for phones and tablets
on phones and tablets, and an operating system suitable for desktop
PCs on desktop PCs. There's no reason why they have to be the same.
[...]

Agreed, but they should look and function the same, allowing for
differences such as screen size/orientation, touch, etc.

Why?!! Who says so? What on earth is wrong with different gadgets
looking like what they are and behaving differently because they are
different? The controls on my TV don't look like the ones on my
washing machine, and none of them look like the controls on the
microwave, but it's never been a problem, and I can't imagine how any
attempt to harmonise them would improve anything.

Rod.