[Rusky]

> Ultimately we shouldn't assume consumers value convergence, especially when it creates ever increasing complexity in user experience

Reminds me of this excellent article by Bret Victor: http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesi...

Making everything an app narrows the bandwidth between the user and the tool. Now everyone needs a phone, and you can't leave the scanner where it gets used, and you have to go through the generalized touch interface to get to the functionality instead of (and this is a valid UI) just picking up the scanner.

[sukuriant]

I have never read that article before; but, it was absolutely amazing. Thanks for bringing it up!