[roin]

If "web apps are still inferior in every respect," why do we find ourselves using web apps more and more and desktop apps less and less? Should I expect to download the next gen of great applications from a cool shareware site like in the good old days of a decade or two ago? Web apps have won the desktop, at least for now. It's what people want, and it's what people are getting, mostly for the reasons cited above. Mobile, now that's a more interesting story.

[kybernetyk]

> why do we find ourselves using web apps more and more and desktop apps less and less?

Do we?

> Web apps have won the desktop

Tell that to my text editor, photoshop or audio editor. Or my email client - or even the native Evernote application. For all of these there's no serious web version.

This comment might sound snarky but I'm honestly trying to think of what web apps I regularly use. And I can't come up with one.

[pjmlp]

I don't want them, even though I also consult for web development.

At home the only web applications I use, are the ones I am forced to, like hotel booking systems and forums, because USENET is moribund.