Production apps will ultimately be ported to the web if things like NaCl take off. Porting current apps to the web as they are with the goal of having them in b

Production apps will ultimately be ported to the web if things like NaCl take off. Porting current apps to the web as they are with the goal of having them in browser, have them run inside Chrome OS won't change much of course. But that's an unimaginative take on the possibilities. The real point of porting to the web is to make these apps accessible to more people. To apply web workflows to their development, like change their UI after monitoring analytics, ship often, etc.. Large production apps like Photoshop can be split off into thousands of modules, which will be loaded only when the user is using a particular feature. That's a very different development process, currently Photoshop is developed for CDs, one big ship date, one big upgrade, all features in, want them or not. The way apps are paid for could also change. If you're not using certain features, you shouldn't be paying for them, shouldn't be investing in their development while features you do use are neglected. It's not really the technology of the web that will bring about such changes. NaCl mainly enables you to run normal binaries, as you already do on the desktop. The real change will come from people rethinking how they make and deploy apps.