Good blog article on "Everybody is Crazy" where the author thinks that increasing bandwidth and increasing difficulty in administering a PC will mean that networking computing and ASPs (Application Service Providers) start to take off again. I see a lot of truth in this, although the fact that bandwidth is high doesn't necessarily mean that latency is low.

There is already Remote Assistant in WinXP which lets friends and relatives help out, without being tortured by strange descriptions where people do not know how to describe what they see on screen.

Others things to note: NX has a protocol proxy for transporting X11 traffic, which was never designed for high latency connections. VNC is another remote access client but I was never very impressed by it.

I can see how there would be worries about application providers having your data but for both commercial and home use, and I am sure this is one of the main problems in getting people to adopt this. I think this should happen for offices first (large corporations) although with commodity computers being so cheap it may be hard to break out of the "sticking with what we know and do" way of thinking.

I can see how a standardised remote access client would be an improvement on web sites. No worry about whether you have a compatible browser or how it looks for web site designers. I guess there would be a real problem for sites that get slashdotted!