Actually, I wasn't thinking webdev when I said that, but I guess it does apply to webdev. I was thinking more like VB front-ends. But I think your general the

Actually, I wasn't thinking webdev when I said that, but I guess it does apply to webdev. I was thinking more like VB front-ends. But I think your general thesis holds in any case. As front-ends have become less CRUDdy (whether web or rich), and almost more game like, they've become more challenging to build. And I think the DOM is a legacy model which is great for largely static pages, but a far less useful model for actual web apps -- and that just makes client dev work harder too.