> Unfortunately, returning to a web of documents isn't going to happen anytime soon; too many people profit from this ability to run programs on other people's computers.

Yes, I've resigned myself to this truth long ago. Since then, I've been watching the web get smaller and smaller as more and more websites break unless they're allowed to run code client side.

I fully expect that the majority of the web will become inaccessible to me within my lifetime. Alas, the future does not always bring wonderful things!