This isn't true. There are numerous toolsets that allow you to have desktop grade applications. Fluid dynamic feel, drag & drop, etc. I'm the co-founder of one

This isn't true. There are numerous toolsets that allow you to have desktop grade applications. Fluid dynamic feel, drag & drop, etc. I'm the co-founder of one of these toolsets, NOLOH (http://www.noloh.com http://www.noloh.com), but there are others such as Cappuccino, Sproutcore, qooxdoo, etc. With the above tools you literally just sit down, start writing your application and forget about browser issues, or limitations. The issue isn't that you can't do it, but that people aren't. Once we accept that the issues mentioned in the article aren't in fact issues anymore, since many toolsets have solved these problems, we can then sit down and spend a few minutes watching a video, or reading an article and help the web move forward. We don't get anywhere by saying we can't do things, because the fact is, we can. You just have to use the tools available to you.