>I'm a Windows developer and as such I'm biased, but I think Windows apps are dramatically easier to write than web apps. I agree that the developer-facing usa

>I'm a Windows developer and as such I'm biased, but I think Windows apps are dramatically easier to write than web apps. I agree that the developer-facing usability of a good desktop GUI toolkit runs circles around whatever webdev is these days, but the barrier to entry for a completely new programmer is certainly a lot higher than HTML.