[VBprogrammer]

I hate to drag this point up again, but the most advanced HTML5/Javascript demos are a poor imitation of what could be done on the desktop 10 years ago.

My personal view is that the web is good at things which are inherently communication centric. Nothing else justifies the restrictions that working within the web browser brings. Flash might be the whipping boy of internet technologies, but at least its reasonably write once.

I think the thin client architecture is a paradigm that will constantly cycle in and out of fashion but never quite deliver on its promise.