Good old blogger Joel Spolsky just wrote a great overview of the state of web applications. I'm inclined to agree with his prediction, that we're still in the midst of evolving the technology in web apps. On the desktop all apps have a consistent look and behavior but web apps have their own unique and different user interfaces. On the desktop you can copy and paste between apps, but not on the web except for a few words of text. I wonder how many years it will take for web apps to reach the level of design stability that desktop apps enjoy...
