Vaughn Treude said:
> Opera - maybe even Lynx.   I've tried Googling this subject but it's a
> toughie because most of the  returns are on using a browser to perform
> RPC, not "remote control" of a  browser.  Well, it actually wouldn't be
> "remote control" but I didn't know  what else to call it in the search.
> :-)   I've looked at browser specific  howto's for Mozilla and Galeon
> but I'm not sure where to find the  developer-type info rather than the
> user-type info.   I

I always referred to such "listner" functions as "callbacks".  Perhaps
searching for callback function and the brower name would be of help?

> 'm vaguely familiar with things like CORBA and SOAP but I'm under the
> impression that you use those to communicate with a server somewhere,
> not to  manipulate a local web client.  I know the "remote control"

Well they are designed to be a "server" because of the listening nature. 
However, nothing prevents a client application like Mozilla from
publishing "servers" that listen for events...  There is no rule that a
server and client must be on different machines.  There is no rule stating
what we think of a client application cant have CORBA, SOAP, etc services.

> functionality  must be possible because somebody's advertising a
> shareware product called  JENNA which is supposed to support such
> browser enhancements as "slide show  mode."  (Or maybe it's just
> auto-generating an HTML or XML or Javascript file  which you then have
> to load manually?)    I'd appreciate the slightest hint  to point me in
> the right direction - perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology.
>  Many thanks in advance!

I would think you could do a "slideshow mode" with Javascript especially
in mozilla where you can radically alter the look of the browser.

-Derek