When you open a file with any application that supports the standard "Common Dialog" interface in Windows (the one that shows your files in a miniaturized explorer-like view), you can copy and paste a URL. Want to try it? Right click on the pretty background picture of this blog, copy its location, and open it as a file using Microsoft Paint.
Go ahead, give it a try!
If you're as amazed as I was when I first tried it (completely by accident, mind you), just keep in mind that you're not actually opening the file directly from its location. What's happening is, the integrated Internet Explorer component of Windows is fetching the file for you, and storing it in a temporary location. When it finishes downloading, it then passes that temporary file to the program requesting you to choose the file. So if you modify it, of course you'll need to save it where you can find it. But - still - that's less work that you have to do!
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