Is the Browser Really a Good Application Platform?
Kyle Huntley (are you seeing a new theme for my blog?) has just written on a topic that I've been thinking about lately:
Browser vs Runtime, Atlas/Ajax, WPF thoughts. In the midst of all of the hype around the cool hacks that you can with a web browser, it is important not to ignore the innovation happening around application development on the Windows platform. My favorite quote:
"Ajax is simply a way of trying to paper over the “poor” client characteristics of the browser / markup technology rootstock." My personal take is that there are definitely some good business cases for web applications, but the web browser is still not the appropriate runtime for rich appications.