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Web apps have their advantages but their integration into the desktop, responsiveness etc. is lacking far behind desktop applications. Browsers fail horribly a

• mattmanser 15y ago
  And oddly none of the new browsers has the balls to tackle this problem, they're all about web standards which are very cumbersome for building business apps. MS obviously don't want to tackle it as they want desktops to last as long as possible. The obsession with a web page as a document is the part that needs to be addressed. Firefox's long lacking support for something as simple as overflow:ellipsis is one of the examples of the anti app ethos of browsers. You don't need it much on web pages, but it's pretty essential in business apps as you've got to present a lot of data but need to show it compactly. And it's essential to indicate there's more text to a comment or email. That and the terrible support for non-fixed layout.
  • samstokes 15y ago
    You may be pleased to know that text-overflow: ellipsis is supported in Firefox 7 (in the Aurora channel now, release later this year). At that point it will finally be supported in all modern browsers!