Also GWT apps were pretty slow to load and start, and were very "app"-like as opposed to web-page like at a time when that was not as familiar as it is today. T

Also GWT apps were pretty slow to load and start, and were very "app"-like as opposed to web-page like at a time when that was not as familiar as it is today. That's how I remember it anyway. And pretty heavy, developer wise, at a time when "update a file on the FTP" was still normal.