The mistake made here is the assumption that we know what the web is evolving towards: (ostensibly) something like the desktop. Hence the eagerness to do it all

The mistake made here is the assumption that we know what the web is evolving towards: (ostensibly) something like the desktop. Hence the eagerness to do it all again but on the web this time. (Isn't that the essence of Cappuccino?) It would be absurd even if mobile hadn't happened. So why are we clinging to the same default assumptions? Think again.