> Then why not use those tools rather than the Web? I think the author of the article writes from the app developer perspective - his users are on the web and

> Then why not use those tools rather than the Web? I think the author of the article writes from the app developer perspective - his users are on the web and due to it's reach he's stuck there. He does appear to be cheering on the web as the application platform, but that might be the most reasonable way forward just because of it's momentum. And it is somewhat decent app development platform. All of this comes at the cost of large amount of complexity, there I agree.