Agreed entirely that this is the problem today. However we did have that (Java applets), and they didn't take off. I think the web did hit a bit of a sweet spo

Agreed entirely that this is the problem today. However we did have that (Java applets), and they didn't take off. I think the web did hit a bit of a sweet spot at the time, but it's time for us to build new technology on top of it. Personally, it's looking like asmjs, inline styles and translate3d divs to me :)