Tim Bray writes a little on who’s asking for Rich Applications…

Every time, I get emails and incoming pointers from people saying ”You just don’t get it, the Web interfaces are so tired, we really need a richer UI paradigm.” The interesting thing is that these reactions are always–every time, without exception–from developers. Not once has an end-user type person written in saying they wished they could have a richer interface like the kind they used to have in compiled desktop apps