>>>>> I think the processing of a user event will be simpler on a desktop-type application than in a Web design.
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>>>If our job is to deliver the best possible result to the client, simplicity of processing a user event, while important, is not the most important factor in choosing a platform.
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>>>If it were, we'd still be cranking cars to start them.
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>>Beware of analogies. As with any other parallel, the distance remains the same no matter how far you go.
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>>Presently I have four internal combustion engines that need to be cranked (a moped, grass trimmer, mower and a pole hole drill; used to have a chainsaw and hedge trimmer too). So?
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>So...
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>How many old ladies would be driving cars if they had to crank them?

How many fat fingered people would be using these devices if they had real buttons? And you wouldn't believe how many old ladies around here crank their lawn mowers.

BTW, why are they called "devices"? I still remember (and probably have it printed in many places from DOS days) when the list of devices included disks, floppies, keyboards etc. IIRC, there is still a device manager in W7... and it shows everything except them tablets and phones.