I'm with you 100%. The last thing I want as a user is to have my desktop experience reduced to that of a web app. Yes, there are some nice web apps that do some

I'm with you 100%. The last thing I want as a user is to have my desktop experience reduced to that of a web app. Yes, there are some nice web apps that do some very slick things to try and approximate the usability and flexibility of a desktop app - but none that can truly match the sophistication of a non-trivial native client. Perhaps the answer isn't to be looking for successors to HTTP and HTML - maybe the answer is trying to bring the best of web development tools (freedom to choose any language and tech stack) to native app development. I expect this post is going to get downvoted to oblivion here, but I thought I'd share my opinion anyway.