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[Pelle Månsson]

On 12/15/2010 03:17 PM, Michael Stover wrote:
> And that's the problem - we're talking about applications that happen to
> be distributed via the web, not a "website".  Everyone's demands that it
> work in lynx, FF2, with javascript turned off, etc are ludicrous.

I disagree.

> You don't get to make such demands of applications.

Yes I do!

> Some applications areWindows only.

Not running them.

> Some don't follow platform standards.

They suck!

> Some require 1GB to work effectively.

Probably not running them.

> These expectations are invalid.

They are not.

The idea that you shouldn't expect things to be good is backwards. 
Web-as-a-platform isn't good. Maybe it can be in the future. It's not now.