Applescript - display webpage

Maybe this is far fetched, is it possible to display a webpage, say as an overlay on your Desktop, with applescript?
I would use this in combination with ScriptSaver.

AppleScript itself has virtually zero ability to display anything on screen - anything more complex than a text string in a dialog is just beyond its abilities.
What it can do (and excels at) is telling other applications what to do. So if you can some some other application that will do what you want (e.g. display a web page), then you may be able to craft an AppleScript to bend that app to your will.
The alternative is to write a full-blown application in AppleScriptObjC - an extension that integrates XCode development with AppleScript, but it has a steeper learning curve - not for the faint of heart, IMHO.

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