[Techtalk] Using a web browser to control stuff locally -eek!

[Patricia Fraser]

Hi Esme!

> What you're proposing, I gather is...
>
> (ML bits that display text, explain nature of page, etc.)
> link to file to be played, letting OS us its file associations invoke
> player program
> (further ML bits, etc...)

Yep. And if you're using Konqueror on KDE, you set up the player in the 
File Associations dialog in Settings; and I'm pretty sure you can pass 
parameters. If you get to that bit and get stuck, yell - this could be 
fun!

Let us know how you get on, won't you?

Cheers!

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