Madhava Enros interviewed at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2011
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Argues mobile design faces tighter constraints: much smaller screens and poor typing, so interfaces must pare down to the critical task or be rebuilt from scratch and should minimize typed input with suggestions and fast auth. Cites concrete wins: the Gmail web app built with open web technologies often outperforms the iPhone native client; Kindle succeeds by device-constellation sync across e-reader, phone and tablet; Flipboard treats Twitter as a reading protocol not a messaging app. Predicts more voice but notes privacy and social limits.
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