It seems like nobody is really ready to give up the browser as a potential operating system. We have great technologies like Flex that simplify much of this wor

It seems like nobody is really ready to give up the browser as a potential operating system. We have great technologies like Flex that simplify much of this work away, but folks keep hammering away at Javascript. Must be a sign. Perhaps, we should just give in and give browser appropriate hooks into the operating system.