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

[esme]

On Sunday 21 Aug 2005 02:06, Mary wrote:

>  ... The reason people are recommending tools with a
> higher initial learning curve is that if you proceed onto the more
> complex tasks which are typical of web programming, doing something like
> the above won't be powerful enough.
>
> But it *can* be that easy on Linux, it's just that that approach won't
> take you all the way to the goal of a moderately sophisticated web
> application, if that's your goal.

Ah, I see. Thanks, Mary.  As things stand, I don't have much interest in web 
programming per se, hence my surprise at all the talk headed in that 
direction.  However, I do understand that sometimes the apparently simple can 
be more complicated than one expects and that it can lead off in directions 
you don't initially expect. 

Agan, thanks all for your comments and help - all very much appreciated!

I'm going to do a bit of experimenting with HTML on this this afternoon, so 
fingers crossed! :-)

Esme