6. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the initial file comprises a source file for a web page, the instructions for initiating execution of the application from the initial file comprise instructions for rendering the web page, and automatically initiating execution of the application comprises rendering the web page in accordance with the instructions for rendering the web page.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the initial file comprises a source file for a web page, the instructions for initiating execution of the application from the initial file comprise instructions for rendering the web page, and automatically initiating execution of the application comprises rendering the web page in accordance with the instructions for rendering the web page. 7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the source file for the web page comprises an HTML document.