If you've been keeping an eye on the ebay live conference earlier this week, you're probably aware of san dimas. The ebay site as a desktop application. Security & whether the application will be free are 2 things that come to mind. What do you think?
I think it will be the next step into accessing the internet for users. These major gateways will start creating applications that connect to the internet for you so your not dealing with pop ups and such which keep the user on your "site" for longer