The only downside is that making forms/reports isn't as simple - but honestly, is learning html really so hard? In many domains, creating reports is the primar

The only downside is that making forms/reports isn't as simple - but honestly, is learning html really so hard? In many domains, creating reports is the primary purpose of the app. And it really is painful in html, even for someone who knows it well. Trying to fit these apps into a dumb-client browser really is nontrivial with today's web frameworks.