title: Any way to use HTML as an interface to a C/C++ program?
body: <p>I'm developing a product that is interfaced over USB. I want to write a control app for it, but I cannot program a GUI for poo, so I came up with the idea of using a web page (local to the app's install directory) as the interface to the program.</p>
  
  <p>So, the line of communication would be: User --> HTML page (not hosted - it's local) --> C++ program --> USB port</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to do it this way because it's portable, at least UI wise, and I can write HTML fluently.</p>
  
  <p>My question is this: would it be possible to use an HTML page to talk to the USB port through a C++ program?</p>
  
  <p>If not, I'll learn GTK - it's portable enough.</p>
  
  <p>PS. Would this be possible with PHP, or (eugh) Java?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Just realised PHP is a server-side language - it wouldn't work in my situation because the page needs to be run as a program (I.E., just use the web browser and HTML as the GUI, with the actual processing done using C/C++)</p>