Presenting execution of a remote application in a mobile device native format

In one example, a mobile device includes one or more processors configured to issue a request to access a resource maintained by a remote computing device, wherein the request causes the remote computing device to: execute an application to access the resource; receive, via the network interface, information corresponding to graphical output resulting from execution of the application, wherein the graphical output corresponds to a format specific to the remote computing device; present a graphical representation of the received information in an output format optimized for the mobile device; receive an input command in an input format specific to the mobile device, wherein the input command comprises a command for interacting with the application; translate the input command to a format specific to the application executed by the remote computing device; and send the translated command to the remote computing device.