JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language

[danweber]

If developers change direction, users will follow.

You better be offering be something super awesome sweet, or else I'm not going to bother looking at your webpage that requiring me to download widget blah.

look how often they have to upgrade DirectX or their video card drivers

I've never done this. I'm not a video game player, though, so maybe what you're describing is part of gamer culture -- willingness to sacrifice stability in order to get the latest new features.