I'd like to hear a little more about how this "recent technology" that she linked to helps me deploy web apps to the desktop. The http://nwjs.io/ site certainly doesn't have much info on how it can help for this use case.
Just one click through and you arrive at the README: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js (the website is clearly, unfortunately, geared towards people in the know).
nwjs (node-webkit formerly) is a Chromium wrapper that lets you deploy web apps as desktop apps, simple as that.
Node-webkit was renamed to nw.js[1], if that helps ring any bells. Its a chromeless browser that you can run your node webapp in, that acts like a application. Similar to Fluid SSBs[2] of yester-year
nwjs (node-webkit formerly) is a Chromium wrapper that lets you deploy web apps as desktop apps, simple as that.