All I ask is for a consistent user experience, is that too much?
As we design and create applications for mobile devices the one common trend I see (it drives me crazy!) is the inconsistency between the experience from one device to the other. Take @LinkedIn for example, I have the mobile app on my iPhone and on my iPad and I use the desk top version. All three applications show different information on the Home page at any given point in time, despite the time that an update was made being visible on the page it does not seem to be used. On a mobile application i would like to see the most current information first but it is not what the iPhone version does. Now on my iPad it does seem to order by time.
On the topic of the iPad version @LinkedIn the application does not scale and posts are cut off on the left. It certainly looks like there is sufficient real estate to make the space bigger, it looks great on the iPhone. My other pet peeve about the iPad version is the “Who’s viewed you” option. I think it is great that if available you can see the faces and the count of people over a number of days, when you go into the detail it is not in synch with with the home page. It takes a few clicks before it synchs up, I find the desk top application much more accurate.
On to the desktop version and features. I love the fact that there is an algorithm that shows me where I would be in compared to other applicants, wouldn’t it be great if @LinkedIn could define an algorithm that would be able to match your profile to the job where you would be in the top 50% for the job seeker?
Finding Purpose 