Aha! That last quote puts it best. The OS should be a browser. The core point here is that the OS should be able to run foreign applications without an 'instal

Aha! That last quote puts it best. The OS should be a browser. The core point here is that the OS should be able to run foreign applications without an 'install' process, just like I don't need to install a webpage to use it. I assume the OP is not suggesting that we strip all of the useful APIs from the web as we know it.