Here is a corollary to what standard interfaces are good for , in the form of a thesis:

The web excels at standardized interfaces, but requires increasinglyheroic amounts of work for excellent customized ones (once you wantto step out of what the browser gives you). This implies that webapplications are a natural fit for occasional usage things, where anyawkwardness of the web interface is overcome by the advantage of nothaving to learn yet another custom interface that you use for tenminutes once every month, or for things