> I am glad we seem to be at a point where we can do it all performantly enough. Well, sort of. The problem is, if every web app assumes they can squueze whate

> I am glad we seem to be at a point where we can do it all performantly enough. Well, sort of. The problem is, if every web app assumes they can squueze whatever resources it can, it basically reduces your overall performance (and - if you are mobile - your battery life). It wouldn't be a problem if it was about apps actually requiring these resources (number crunching and other computationally intensive tasks). But we are talking about mundane tasks such as displaying a GUI here! It's just laziness on the part of everyone involved, and the end user suffers most.