That was an even handed assessment, and I get the sense that you have thought about this, but I think you are wrong. Exhibit A: Gmail. Yes, it's a website, and

That was an even handed assessment, and I get the sense that you have thought about this, but I think you are wrong. Exhibit A: Gmail. Yes, it's a website, and doesn't use "HTML5" yet, but it does rival desktop applications. People prefer it over desktop applications. When I say application I mean it in that sense. People aren't creating Skype in the browser, yet, check out http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-device/ http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-device/ for more on that, but people are building useful pieces of software that have become intertwined with their life. If you grant me that people might use some websites more then they use desktop applications, then I assume we are having merely a semantic argument which is a different matter. Though, I imagine it would be difficult to put aside the fact that people use websites like they use desktop applications. Even as fun as this is, the argument about whether or not to call these things applications has past. With things like Chrome App Store(https://chrome.google.com/webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore), the debate has been lost. The industry has decided, I merely want to voice my support for the term HTML5 Apps, as PPK has on Quirksmode.