Microsoft tried something similar years ago with HTML Applications (.HTA), essentially web apps that could talk to the file system. Didn't seem to work out, though.
Microsoft also had smart watches, mobile phones and tablets years ago, and none of them really panned out either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Microsoft have too many mistep in technology over the years due to my perception that each products is a utilizes/tools rather than a products. Apple got the products right