[creatrixcordis]

Maybe the reason why a lot of “web apps” are so complex and huge has something to do with over engineering, developers loving lazyness as a good trait of their craft. Which results in undiscipline, then you add pressures from management to produce faster rather than focus on simpler solutions. I don’t see how these factors would not creep in into any “newweb” platform. Things are complex because of people, not machines. After all we made them so. Unless you have strict standards that are adhered to by lots of parties, i don’t see a way out of complexity, clutter, large size .js downloads. Then you add competition which does not have anything to do with rules, rather it loves breaking them to get a higher margin. That doesn’t really add simplicity to the mix. I happen to like the way the web is going and this “newweb” business sounds like the ever growing .js framework churn. I agree there are problems but definitely not structural enough to warrant a restructure. Then again that is the power of the web, anyone can pursue this.