This is because on the web, everything you see on the page has to be downloaded first. This leads to the following cycle: * a widget toolkit is created and gai

This is because on the web, everything you see on the page has to be downloaded first. This leads to the following cycle: * a widget toolkit is created and gains some traction. * It starts adding features, becomes bigger and slower to download and execute * users start leaving for the next toolkit, which promises a smaller, faster experience. At this point, most webdevs have simply given up on desktop like toolkits, and only use what’s available on the browser, combined with a few lightweight libraries and an ui framework