[rnemo]

This is an important point, the users decide the experience of their computers to a great extent, whether they understand what they're doing or not. Which brings up another point, that for web apps to become more popular than native apps, internet connectivity is going to have to get much better everywhere. The average user doesn't like it much when a program they use doesn't work at full functionality because they don't have an internet connection, and they definitely wont like it if they cant access their apps at all.

[beaumartinez]

HTML5 has a bunch of features[1] just for that—providing the same experience whether you're on or offline.

[1] http://diveintohtml5.org/offline.html