Frankly, most web clients are a horrible disappointment. The purpose of them was to be platform agnostic (Windows [WhichOne?]?, Linux?, Mac?) and provide a more streamlined approach to delivering upgrades and enhancements without having to install new software and manage client cycles in addition to the server side.

With very few exceptions, NO ONE has been able to do that. I would list some very specific software-based network management products from a major network equipment manufacturer, but I don't want to create any problems.

Suffice it to say that every new version requires specific versions of specific browsers and specific versions of Java -- and the versions haven't been all the same or compatible in the past resulting in the need for different VMs just to run the clients to manage the VM-based server installs. Maddening!

I agree with many voices out there: dump the web-client and just give us an app (C#-client). With all the work you're going through to try to make it fast and cross-platform compatible, cross-browser compatible, whatever, you could have had great client for Windows (or linux, or whatever) -- but the OS doesn't really matter because most people are going to run it in a VM anyhow! Just make a linux-only version and tell us to run it in a VM -- problem solved (and stable.)