Coding Horror: Who Killed the Desktop Application? →
https://marco.org/2007/06/11/coding-horror-who-killed-the-desktop-application
“There’s no reason Streets and Trips couldn’t adopt the same conventions as Google Maps. But Streets and Trips seems to be completely stuck in the old world mentality of toolbars, menus, and right-clicking. All the innovation in user interface seems to be taking place on the web, and desktop applications just aren’t keeping up.”