I get where the argument is going about web apps being more dominant than desktop apps. That prediction is a crock of shit. A 2007 survey found that 73% of Americans have never even heard of Google Docs, and 94% have never tried an online office suite. Yeah, desktop apps aren’t going anywhere.
Ted Dziuba on Web Apps
6 September 2008
18 August 2008
I miss the convenience, focus, and robustness of desktop apps. Sometimes I just want the clarity of a dedicated app–or the isolation; all too often when I’m in a browser, a rogue JavaScript-heavy site will crash not just its own window but the 20 different tabs I have open at that moment.
Webware on Desktop Apps