I've been on the Internet for 20 years now, and I've noticed the following trend: 1. Browser multimedia tech (Java applets, Flash, Silverlight) comes along tha

I've been on the Internet for 20 years now, and I've noticed the following trend: 1. Browser multimedia tech (Java applets, Flash, Silverlight) comes along that allows browsers to do very advanced things, like high-performance 2D and 3D graphics, cross-platform, multimedia, performant code execution, mic/webcam and other device access, etc.. 2. For some reason, the Web Dev community FUDs on it, criticizing security, accessibility, open-sourcedness, etc... 3. The preferred Web Standards body of the year comes up with a plan to replace the plugin-based tech with new JS features, asm.js, wasm, web assembly, etc... 4. The multimedia tech dies a slow death, setting back browser capabilities by a decade, while Web Devs continue to try to squeeze performance out of JavaScript, and to this day fail to achieve feature and performance parity with what Java/Flash/Silverlight could do 10 years ago.