I remember a time when Java tried to be the alternative to native applications. When the power of Java was the byte-code that promised write-once run-anywhere.

I remember a time when Java tried to be the alternative to native applications. When the power of Java was the byte-code that promised write-once run-anywhere. This was about the time the web was becoming big and I guess in battle between html+js & java...well, java lost. I wish someone was still pursuing that dream though. Oh, wait, Unity. In any case the browser is intrinsically easier to operate than a package manager. I mean really, it can go from displaying a simple static content site with no formatting or CSS all the way to impressively complex web-apps like Google Docs. Not to mention the work of Three.js and the WebGL community. And all I have to provide is a single well-formatted string of no more than 2,083 characters.