We shouldn't fool ourselves. Even with technologies like AngularJS, webGL, or D3.js ; desktop applications will always be there. You will always have software t

We shouldn't fool ourselves. Even with technologies like AngularJS, webGL, or D3.js ; desktop applications will always be there. You will always have software that need the maximum of power and will be native. Even if you think that because in 5 years computers will be much more faster, it won't change the fact that some applications will need to have every ressources available. The only place where I can see we would avoid to do native apps is for mobile apps. Because in the future mobiles will be faster but they stay limited by their small screen. So you will use higher level tools to do your "simple" app that doesn't require thousands buttons and stay more productive.