[dodecaphonic]

NativeClient is a cool technology, from a pure, geeky POV. Maybe awesome stuff will be done with it, to the point of steering other browsers in its direction, but right now it's a case of having a "Designed for Google Chrome" badge on you front page or developing two code bases, one with JavaScript, another with C++, just to have the same reach you would without it -- only to end up with a crappy user experience for a lot of people.

The only way I see of furthering NaCl's agenda is if Adobe, Autodesk or some other company with a little cash to burn decides to write one of their apps (say, a Photoshop Express, or maybe a Sketchbook Pro) with it and prove in the market that there's a future in that approach. Otherwise, it will forever be just a cool hack.