Web apps are so successful because you don't have to instal anything: no setups, no runtimes, no permission requirements on corporate sites, no need to run updates etc.
This new wave of "we need to be offline" is undermining all of that with a non-existing problem. I have no need to have offline GMail, for example. I might have a need to have offline Google Docs (if their site is down) but that's so low on my list of requirements since Google.com is up 99.99% of the time.
I believe that every one of these "web app on your desktop" movements will ultimately fail for being unnecessary.
This new wave of "we need to be offline" is undermining all of that with a non-existing problem. I have no need to have offline GMail, for example. I might have a need to have offline Google Docs (if their site is down) but that's so low on my list of requirements since Google.com is up 99.99% of the time.
I believe that every one of these "web app on your desktop" movements will ultimately fail for being unnecessary.