A.M. Kuchling wrote:

[...]
> Another thing I'd like to see, and will write if Medusa goes in: a module
> that runs a Quixote application on a random port and then uses
> webbrowser.open() to run a browser pointing at the application.  This would
> make it really easy to write portable little applications.  Shutting down
> the server is a problem, though; the user might just close the browser and
> leave the server process running.  Perhaps the server could automatically
> shutdown after 15 or 30 minutes of inactivity, in addition to having an
> explicit 'Shut down' link in the web interface.
[...]

Thought this might be an interesting blog post:
http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0045

Ashish