[pjmlp]

The browsers should have stayed HTML/CSS but then someone had this idea to try to compete with native applications....

[leeoniya]

but they can compete when written properly, at least for business/productivity apps.

though not for anything requiring direct hardware access, AAA games included.

[jasonkostempski]

I sort of agree, i just think JS and content from other domains should have required user prompts.

[leeoniya]

and https by default should have never allowed off-domain or insecure/mixed content.

[jasonkostempski]

We can dream but, even if it had been that way, I suspect it would have taken just one bad browser (probably IE) to ruin it for everyone. They'd advertise it as "no annoying prompts", everyone would flock to it and other browsers would have to follow.

[endless1234]

>but then someone had this idea to try to compete with native applications

You say as if that's a bad thing. Just wondering, for instance, do you use some standalone maps software instead of Google/Bing/Openstreet/... maps?

[pjmlp]

Ever heard of GPS devices, mobile phones or tablets?

I always use native software on my own computers, unless I don't have another option and have to go the web app instead.

Same applies to projects I work on, if I am allowed to choose.

[endless1234]

No, I have not heard of GPS devices, mobile phones or tablets. Thank you for introducing me!