Actually a big part of the problem is hinted in your examples: feature creep from native programs into the browser. I think it would be an interesting, more pr

Actually a big part of the problem is hinted in your examples: feature creep from native programs into the browser. I think it would be an interesting, more private, and safer online world if browsers only displayed HTML and a minimum of JS rather than being entire operating systems, and anything like media playing and high interactivity occurred in native programs.