> I want rich applications that work in all languages (including input methods) and also play nicely with accessibility tools such as screen readers. That can'

> I want rich applications that work in all languages (including input methods) and also play nicely with accessibility tools such as screen readers. That can't be, and shouldn't be, a tiny little executable. Apple historically did a pretty good job of solving this by including a rich GUI framework in the OS. Even now, from what I've heard, that approach seems to work pretty well for Mac-only apps. But then, in your xi retrospective, you said the "native" GUI wasn't all that great even on Mac. And now, except for the indie Mac crowd, developers are generally expected to target multiple platforms. So now, I guess applications have to carry with them something that was formerly expected to be part of the OS.