You should check out Alan Kay's OOPSLA keynote "The Compute Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY http://www.youtube.com

You should check out Alan Kay's OOPSLA keynote "The Compute Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY specifically about 20 mintues in where he says that a browser should be exactly what you say here. On the one hand, he was talking about this almost 20 years ago, on the other hand you're in good company because he's a pretty smart guy! I encourage all developers to watch that talk and do some thinking about the current state of our practice and where we want to go from here.