I don't think he wants to get rid of the browser (Score 1)

completely. I don't want to see the browser go away either, it is a very useful tool. I just want to see better tools for when HTML-based applications don't cut it.

This bloat you guys are discussing is very real. Ask anyone who has tried to Web-enable an ERP system such as SAP, PeopleSoft, JDE, Oracle etc. Customers and users of these sophisticated applications have enjoyed rich interfaces to run thier business' upon for years. When they try to deploy an HTML-based version of these rich interfaces, the bandwidth bloat is simply unbelievable. Put SSL on top of that for security and the bloat gets even worse. Administrators have taken the code off the desktop, but they have opened up a whole new set of issues.

For web sites such as Amazon or Google, this is not a big deal, and HTML is the best way to go. But, for applications requiring a sophisticated GUI, HTML is not such a good solution. I think this is all we are pointing out.

Mike