I think recently desktop apps started to look much more like web apps. I believe that's the right direction, as web apps are "usually" more focused on the one t

I think recently desktop apps started to look much more like web apps. I believe that's the right direction, as web apps are "usually" more focused on the one thing they do best and appear less cluttered. Under the hood you might be right though - see Gears, which enables web apps to do a lot of those desktop things.