1. A method for translating a motion-based finger gesture user input between a client device and an application host device, the method comprising: receiving, by a host device from a client device an I/O command corresponding to an application being published by the host device, the host device supporting an I/O device of a first type and the client device supporting an I/O device of a different second type, wherein the received I/O command is associated with the motion-based finger gesture user input received via the I/O device of the second type; executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor of the host device: includes executing instructions for a functionality associated with a first type of operating system, and a processor at the client device executes instructions out of a client memory that are associated with a corresponding functionality of a second type of operating system, interprets the I/O command received from the client device as a corresponding to a mouse point and click I/O operation being generated on the host device that makes a selection in a dropdown menu at the host device, the dropdown menu associated with the published application, the interpretation based on a table stored in memory associating each of a plurality of host operations with a corresponding motion-based client I/O command, and performs the corresponding I/O operation in the application to generate a result of the I/O operation; and sending, by the host device, the results of the I/O operation to the client device, wherein the client device renders a display corresponding to the result of the I/O operation.