This web-on-the-desktop thing is this generation's Java desktop applications/applets. Same back-and-forth. Proponents: Almost as fast as native! Look at this V

This web-on-the-desktop thing is this generation's Java desktop applications/applets. Same back-and-forth. Proponents: Almost as fast as native! Look at this V8 benchmark! Cross-platform for free! Why would you use anything else? Skeptics: Yeah, but... insanely bad memory use, large package size, painful battery drain, and whatever your benchmarks say, noticeably worse real-world performance. Proponents: But... cross platform for free! V8 benchmarks!