Web technology: Dead? not even close

So, when everybody thought web is dead, in comes Google to rock the world. They shook the world with their searching. Simple and Fast.

Again, when everybody thought web is getting stagnant, in comes AJAX and Google's mail. Simple and Fast.

Again, when everybody though web technology is not growing so much, in comes Google's GTalk integrated within the web-interface. Again, Simple and Fast. and importantly, no need to do stupid hacks to get messengers working in office.

So, being a ymessenger user, I was secretly jealous when somebody told me about this site. This is what Gaim is to desktop application.

And, that's not all. A whole world of amazing web2.0 (as they are called) applications.

Are we moving towards desktop-application-less environment?