I think IDEs will be one of the last classes of applications to move from the desktop to the Web. In addition to the usability challenges of running a highly co

I think IDEs will be one of the last classes of applications to move from the desktop to the Web. In addition to the usability challenges of running a highly complex application in a browser, there are also a ton of security/access issues that will need to be addressed to make a Web-based IDE useful. We often need full, unrestricted access to the machines we're coding on, as well as the ability to obtain and use a ton of different tools alongside an IDE. Bringing this kind of freedom and flexibility to a browser is going to be tough.