April 26, 2000: I've been trying to pin down a definition of "web applications." What exactly makes something a web app? Is it that:

• it's made out of web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript? (SASH? Dreamweaver?)
• it speaks web protocols like HTTP or FTP? (Dreamweaver? Fetch?)
• it lives on the network? (an X server? Thinkfree?)

Or, is some combination necessary? Blogger, for example, is made of HTML, speaks FTP, and lives on the network, so I'm pretty sure it counts. Are two of three enough? (Or should I just leave it at "web pages that do stuff" and get on with my life?)