[briandear]

> No one would ever write an app specifically for mac / windows

And then we'd all have lowest-common denominator crap. Imagine if Final Cut Pro were a web app. I much, much prefer Apple Mail to some Gmail webpage for instance. I also like apps to be able to actually take advantage of my hardware. Web browsers ought not be treated like de facto operating systems.

Web apps aren't the panacea they're being promoted as.

[sincerely]

I do think there's a lot of things that probably /do/ make sense as web apps though, like twitter