Browsers provide a cross-platform runtime allowing users to run remote code in a sandbox. Users don't have to download and install executables, and developers d

Browsers provide a cross-platform runtime allowing users to run remote code in a sandbox. Users don't have to download and install executables, and developers don't have to worry as much about getting people to update their clients. I'm not very happy that browsers and JavaScript have become the dominant app platform, but I think we'll need something with similar features to displace it.