Re:but I thought HTML was supposed to fix all that (Score 1, Troll)

Hahaha, I kid, I kid. If your interface is complex, why are you using HTML/CSS/Javascript/etc? Why not take advantage of a more advanced and mature UI widget set, such as that provided by Java or *shock* the native environment?

The web is about where MacOS was 20 years ago in terms of ability to deliver a rich application UI experience. Google are excellent at marketing it as some sort of advance, but it really isn't. Don't shoehorn.

This is just soooo wrong. I don't know if your kidding about the MacOS 20 year ago thing or if your just really ignorant about web development. I suggest u look at - Bespin IDE (http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2009/02/introducing-bespin/) - Apps like MET (http://www.picnet.com.au/met/) - Google Apps - YouTube To the original question asker. There has to be huge reasons to abandon web for native development. And as for Java, sheesh really? Java lost the applet battle about 5 years ago. JavaScript is now a powerful full fledged language that is FAST!!! (Ofcourse not as fast as native languages, but you will not notice this unless you are doing bad things) Html5 + CSS 3 is an incredibly powerful, flexible and extremely easy to use UI platform. Do not underestimate these 2 ladies. So Ignore what idiot poster posted above and use cross browser html with PDF for printing as suggested by many more knowledgeable people in this thread. Guido