[andrewflnr]

It would have to be huge piece of software, and nobody would use it. That is, it would be very difficult to get adoption. That said, some of us are thinking about it.

It seems like this ought to have made it onto PG's list of frighteningly ambitious ideas.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

It has been done several times with some degree of success:

- Java Applets

- Microsoft Silverlight

- Adobe Flash

[natural219]

Premature, propietary, propietary.

[cpeterso]

Java applets were proprietary at the time. The Macromedia Flash Player predates Java applets.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Them being proprietary had nothing to do with their success.

[lutusp]

> Premature, propietary, propietary.

pro - what?

s/propietary/proprietary/