most webapps have to be updated constantly due to browser changes though, don't they?

if not, would be interesting if there were a protocol for programs to securely serve up front end resources and api endpoints for javascript guis along with a protocol for telling your machine to pop a window and display that gui.

so like the equivalent of an xserver that programs can connect to that pops browser windows and secure plumbing to support it.

export WEBDISPLAY=localhost:0 myjavascriptterminalemulator &