nope. See, web ides have two fundamental fails that no one has figured out yet. 1) your browser context is not isolated; you have other tabs that kill perform

nope. See, web ides have two fundamental fails that no one has figured out yet. 1) your browser context is not isolated; you have other tabs that kill performance, you have browsers you need to restart periodically (dns cache), or die because of dev javascripty things (eg webgl). Restarting your ide all day? yeah, no. 2) no access to local files without a stupid plugin. enough said. There are some not terrible run-your-own-local web ides, but how is that any better than a fat client? Its not a wasted chance; its that what you want currently cant exist in a form that isnt worse than the current solution.