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by CSDude 3511 days ago
Maybe you should realize not all software are made to be used on 5inch devices, considering Palantir's tools, data exploration and other data intensive sites, it does not make sense to focus on mobile, because your target audience will not use them. Instead of me getting onboard, you should realize generalizing all use cases would not work in real life.
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Respectfully, you are wrong on these points.

1). Mobile is not just about 5" devices. It's also about tablets, and even about working well on larger iOS devices like the iPad Pro 12.9".

2). Data tools can be fantastically useful on mobile when adapted to make best use of the form factor. Lots of the data exploration/analysis tools out there have nice solutions.

3). Your target audience would use them. I'll bet you money it would take less than a day to sketch a few mobile scenarios, based on your own software, that a focus group of your users would rate as "very useful".