*but if your browser-based game requires yet another plugin to be installed, you...

but if your browser-based game requires yet another plugin to be installed, you've kinda missed the point imho

I guess you could think of it that way. And it's probably true for most web applications...

But then you realize it's fucking Quake III. In all its glory, in your browser, against friends, and free. Yeah I'd install a plugin.