Re:not just a new fad (Score 1)

AJAX and DHTML are alreay beeing utilized to -m-i-m-i-c traditional GUIs in Web applications

Everything is mimicked now days, why the fax machine is nothing but a waffle iron with a phone attached

...though only much more crappier.

Sure, but we are comparing a system here with a few months of development behind it, against modern desktop GUIs with several decades of development behind them. I think it could make a good slogan though... "it's like a traditional GUI... only much more crappier".