I agree with you, that&#x27;s why Canonical did what they did.  It&#x27;s also why Gnome 3 is the way it is, and why Windows 8 was the way it was.  But to me, it feels like a huge mistake in all cases.  I use my desktop all day.  I want an experience tailored to the desktop, not some compromise experience that&#x27;s not-too-bad on the desktop and not-too-bad on a touch device.  All these orgs made this huge bet that you could make a one-size-fits-all experience, and so far I&#x27;d say the results are not promising at all.  Apple took the opposite tack: have a desktop UI and a touch UI, and allow them to diverge.  And that seems to have worked out pretty well for them.