Beyond the Browser Sandbox

Chris gives his thoughts on Read/Write Web's post: Webified Desktop Apps vs Browser-based Apps. There are some nice points in Chris's post:

The new, evolving web operating system is an important paradigm change. Loosely coupled applications that deliver a host of services (many that were once provided on the desktop) are already changing the way we think about software.

Ultimately though, the web delivery mechanism - the browser - has limitations. I like to call it a sandbox. Your web applications can play in the sandbox but they never really matter. They never quite make a difference in the 'real world'.
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In short - the Touchstone team passionately believes in the web. We even believe in the evolving web operating system. We believe in it so much that we are building Touchstone as a desktop application.

How does that make sense? It makes sense because we believe all those web-based applications will need a way to alert the user 'beyond the browser sandbox'.

I do agree with Chris, even I do not use Touchstone very often, for it costs a little more memory in my opinion.