Thick Client Means Slow?

Developers used to think that server-side applications were slow, so they decided to move some of the work to the client side, creating so-called fat clients. As it turns out, such applications are even slower, and it seems that this was a failed idea to begin with.

In the talk the speaker will highlight the latest solutions emerging from the evolution of web frameworks. And will answer the question: is a fat client a bad thing?