Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra wrote:

However, there are two other issues: 1) If a *graphical* application dumps messages to the console, that might be disruptive to other console applications. IMVHO, a log file should be used instead. (strong argument)

Perhaps instead webbrowser.py should redirect to a (preferably specified) log file. The detail is then still available, but hidden from normal usage. Tim Delaney