Browsers are nowadays pretty much regarded more as application platforms than as web page viewers (see any social networking site and its "apps" section). Still

Browsers are nowadays pretty much regarded more as application platforms than as web page viewers (see any social networking site and its "apps" section). Still, those are mostly server-side applications; cross-browser compatibility alone makes game programming in JavaScript nightmarish. I have to agree, though it hurts me to say that because I make JavaScript games (http://scriptnode.com/lab/spacius/ http://scriptnode.com/lab/spacius/).