You're right that desktop action has considerably moved to the web (though certain professional tools like IDEs and graphic design haven't really penetrated des

You're right that desktop action has considerably moved to the web (though certain professional tools like IDEs and graphic design haven't really penetrated despite numerous attempts so far). But - you say "we already" like mobile is next, just around the corner. Well, mobile apps and mobile web have been around for 5+ years, it's felt around the corner for some years already, and hasn't happened yet. On (1), web performance is indeed improving a lot, but on (2) that's kind of the point of the article, that features like background processing aren't happening for regular websites. If they do, then yes, it's one of the things that will help mobile web apps catch up.