[jakelazaroff]

Let’s take Google Docs as an example. A word processor where you can collaboratively edit a file with someone simply by sharing a link, without requiring anyone to install an application. How do you do this without the web and JavaScript?

[tjoff]

You don't. And that is not a problem worth sacrificing the web for.

[jakelazaroff]

That experience is one of the most empowering things we’ve ever invented. To me, “sacrificing the web” would be giving that up for your vision of purity.

[tjoff]

Is it that cumbersome to install an application?

[jakelazaroff]

Compared to just clicking a link and immediately having it working, yes. Installing software also has much bigger security implications than just visiting a website. And that’s if the application even works on my OS!

[tjoff]

Not having to install something does not even start to be "the most empowering thing we've ever invented" in my book.