[BjoernKW]

Even in B2B / enterprise software there are still quite a few desktop applications, some for legacy reasons, some due to specific use cases.

For example, fairly recently I've come across a business application that's been implemented as a Java desktop app and deployed via Java Web Start because its main geographic target areas are - sometimes remote - locations in Southeast Asia where often you have flaky Internet connectivity at best.

Hence, deployment and occasional updates can be done online but daily use for the most part happens entirely offline.

[ixacto]

Yup. Try getting something like solidworks running in the browser. JavaScript is not there yet by far.