No it is not, and it has been easy to run a webserver on Windows for ages (Apache, Roxen, IIS, OmniWEB, etc). However the barrier of entry is still higher than

No it is not, and it has been easy to run a webserver on Windows for ages (Apache, Roxen, IIS, OmniWEB, etc). However the barrier of entry is still higher than simply editing a .html file and loading it from the browser with file:// The question is, what is more important? Shouldn't this functionality be optional at the very least?