Quote Originally Posted by m^2 View Post
OS-like? The platform is so pathetic...all web apps I can think of have very little functions with very low performance.
I'm thinking that the web browser is the bottleneck here, which is why Google started developing their own.

Now of course, you may argue that if you need a new web browser to fully take advantage of these web apps then you have only moved the problem (still need to install new software locally). Which is why I think it makes sense for Google to either develop their own operating system, or partner up with an already existing Linux distribution where their web browser can be installed by default.

They don't need installation. Usually it doesn't apply as most require registration instead.
Actually it does usually apply, because a desktop application needs to be installed several times if you use more than one computer. It also generally needs to be reinstalled with the operating system. On a web app, you only really need to register once.