Ben Emson has just written this article on Desktop Web Applications and Sproutcore. I must admit that my interest in client-side javascript has been waning recently except where it's used in libraries like Prototype & jQuery. Ben's article certainly has refreshed my interest which I'm pleased about, I always have been a fan of javascript as a language so I'm looking forward to using it again without being considered some sort of freak.

Desktop web applications offer the convenience of desktop applications and the interconnected power of web applications. This article looks at what they are, how they may evolve and focuses on Sproutcore, an open source framework for building them: