[jimmy2times]

If we're talking really long-term, I don't see a big difference between loading a web app and having a native app quickly and seamlessly installed and loaded just by clicking on a link. Eventually, improvements in bandwidth and computing power might enable just that. At the end of the day, developers will go with what is more feasible, but the whole distinction between web app and native might disappear from a UX point of view (just like the current web apps are kind of a hybrid between "old" websites and "old" desktop apps).