> Have you considered the ease of deployment/availability/potential audience size of web apps versus your native platforms?
Sure. Do you think that a new system that is better than HTML/CSS/JS couldn't be built with that in mind? Native systems all already have hooks for easy deployment and updates and the potential audience is everybody since you need a native system to run a browser and a browser is nothing special. What we need are standards for applications. Not documents that you can script.
> Also, consider that any platform like HTML5 that includes Gamepad, Audio Data, Canvas/GL, Mouse Lock, and Socket API's has evolved far beyond simple document display.
HTML is still very, very deeply rooted in document display and browsers. That's why native apps perform better and are more popular for anything but simple data entry. Even for simple data entry, as a user I prefer native.
> If you're this passionate and worked up on the subject, please give the silent treatment a go.
I guess three sentences including a curse-word and a bit of sarcasm counts as "passionately worked up" these days :)
Sure. Do you think that a new system that is better than HTML/CSS/JS couldn't be built with that in mind? Native systems all already have hooks for easy deployment and updates and the potential audience is everybody since you need a native system to run a browser and a browser is nothing special. What we need are standards for applications. Not documents that you can script.
> Also, consider that any platform like HTML5 that includes Gamepad, Audio Data, Canvas/GL, Mouse Lock, and Socket API's has evolved far beyond simple document display.
HTML is still very, very deeply rooted in document display and browsers. That's why native apps perform better and are more popular for anything but simple data entry. Even for simple data entry, as a user I prefer native.
> If you're this passionate and worked up on the subject, please give the silent treatment a go.
I guess three sentences including a curse-word and a bit of sarcasm counts as "passionately worked up" these days :)