>>Several factors here:
>>* a desktop application deals with one single user at a time; can load everything in memory dedicated for this user. A Web application server can >deal with any user: must take care of user's state.
>>* your desktop application probably has 15 years of optimization history; Web applications not yet
>>* Natively addressing the GUI layer will always be faster than through JavaScript and HTML DOM
>>* Transmission through the Internet layers takes about .2 sec (request + response, based on FoxInCloud Dashboard)
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>I enjoyed your response. Very well said. The more you add the slower the load. Even with lazy loading tricks including shadow DOM's the load time can be an issue.
>Johnf

Thanks
Paradox: for an app we care about (US-based), users enjoy more the web version than the desktop version, even though it's 3 times faster.
Look and feel is not just about speed.