There are things which we look at and think that “they will not last”. When tablets were first introduced, this is what we thought. A regular desktop computer with a nice sized screen and a keyboard make sense. It is very easy to interact with the keyboard, the mouse and the computer on a desktop – not so easy with a tablet.
First of all, there is no easy keyboard. Yes you can have a “virtual” keyboard, but its not the same. Secondly, the virtual keyboard takes up some of the space which would normally be used to view whatever you are seeing on your screen. Then there is the issue of “How do you hold it?”. Tablets just do not seem to be easy to grasp. Do you put your fingers on the screen in order to hold it? Are you scared of dropping it? Have you dropped it?
For all of these reasons we feared that tablets might not remain in demand and, unfortunately, it is starting to seem as if we were right. The International Data Corporation, a global research firm, in December 2015 published the results of a study they conducted which indeed noted that “Despite a decline in overall tablet shipments worldwide, business use tablet segments are positioned to see steady growth.” Now to many who read this, the sentence where it says that “tablets segments are positioned to see a steady growth” would catch their eye. But to us, the part that says that “a decline in overall tablet shipments” is the part that catches our eye.
These are things to keep in mind if you are a programmer and/or website developer on IndiaFreelancers.com. As you write for and create programs, please make sure to remember to make them responsive. Remember to make them able to be viewed across all screens – mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers. Why? Well, because even if the tablet – as we now know it – may be in decline, there are millions of them around and people still use them. Thus, it makes sense to take them into account when you create programs or web sites.
Ranjiv P for IndiaFreelancers.com