>>>> I think the processing of a user event will be simpler on a desktop-type application than in a Web design.
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>>If our job is to deliver the best possible result to the client, simplicity of processing a user event, while important, is not the most important factor in choosing a platform.
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>>If it were, we'd still be cranking cars to start them.
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>Beware of analogies. As with any other parallel, the distance remains the same no matter how far you go.
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>Presently I have four internal combustion engines that need to be cranked (a moped, grass trimmer, mower and a pole hole drill; used to have a chainsaw and hedge trimmer too). So?

So...

How many old ladies would be driving cars if they had to crank them?