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ysbox

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« on: June 12, 2004, 05:37:00 AM »
Well, it's been quite a long time... but there's a proof it's not dead smile.gif. I'm on an internship until August, that's why my time is limited right now...

Here's the changelog:

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2004-06-11: version 0.92 "Dr. Zoidberg Edition"
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- Added SSL support! (*warning* read notes below).
- Reenabled Links' Javascript engine (read notes below).
- Fixed a horrible bug that was the reason for most of the lockups and freezes
  (sockets were staying in "blocking" mode). Expect more stability & speed from
  this version.
- Reimplemented the file: protocol. You can now browse your hard drive!
  Additionally, browsing to the "empty" URL shows up the "root" directory
  containing your available hard disc drives (instead of crashing tongue.gif).
- Fixed: big, non-interlaced GIF files weren't rendered correctly, for example
  the top banner on xbox-scene (that one was a bitch: had to turn off an
  "optimization" that doesn't work here).
- Rebuilded fonts, some (punctuation) characters weren't rendered.
- Added options to bypass detection of supported HDTV modes, under "User
  interface > Xbox-specific options > Video modes". Your can disable HDTV
  completely, or skip 1080i or 720p to get the mode you want. The sequence
  being: 1080i?->720p?->480p?->NTSC, you can (for example) get 480p by
  disabling both 1080i and 720p. Easy!
- Increased screen refresh rates to make mouse and scrolling a bit smoother.
- You can now change the font size quickly with up/down directions on the d-pad
  while in video calibration mode (Setup>Video calibration).
- You can scroll in the treeview-based dialogs (Options/Bookmark managers)
  using the right thumbstick or the mouse wheel.
- Upgraded to VS.net 2003 and the lastest XDK, and finally made the thing
  compile in Release configuration (more optimized & compact code).
- Increased max border size in the Video calibration mode from 100 to 125
  (you can always go beyond that by entering the values manually in the Options)
- Various bugfixes as usual.
- Updated documentation a bit.
- A nice logo/icon, and a new Web site!

KNOWN BUGS/RELEASE NOTES for this version:
- SSL support means you can now browse HTTPS sites with an encrypted connection,
  but security is NOT guaranteed! More info in the README.txt file, "Is browsing
  SSL-enabled sites with LinksBoks secure?" section.
- Yes, Links' Javascript engine is here, but it's disabled by default as it
  creates more problems than it solves. Remember this engine is highly
  experimental and very incomplete. Don't expect it to run anything but the
  simplest scripts (if you're lucky).
  If you still want to try it, enable it in "Document > Javascript options".
  You might want to enable the verbose errors too as the script is "killed" at
  the first error.
- Didn't have time to fix the FTP protocol, sorry :/


Also check out the new web site. Hope there'll be lots of contributions so I won't need to update it much (yeah, that's the goal tongue.gif).
I wonder how long it will remain in a good shape before some moron decides to waste it though.
You can put your thoughs/compaints/whatever either there or here, they're welcome of course smile.gif
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pcween

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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2004, 03:46:00 PM »
nice! thank you, ysbox!
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2004, 05:18:00 PM »

Linksboks is great,I got 9.1, and it dont crash near as much as the first version I had, and its super fast (most of the time).

Keep up the good work!
Cant wait to get this newest version.

:-D
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mrRobinson

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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2004, 08:01:00 PM »
Awesome job man. Keep up the great work!
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ysbox

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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2004, 06:05:00 AM »
QUOTE (mrRobinson @ Jun 13 2004, 04:25 AM)
Awesome job man. Keep up the great work!

Props to you too mrRobinson. I really appreciate how you help people out there.

And I've read your Guide to Networking the Xbox, it's very well written and I definitely advise everyone with connection problems to follow it -- too bad it lacks information about DNS stuff (hint wink.gif)
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2004, 01:10:00 AM »
incredible,,, im so horray for ssl!!!

i love you

god bless

kthx
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2004, 03:28:00 AM »
is there is mouse support? because in last version when i pluged mouse , linksboks freezed
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2004, 03:44:00 AM »
looks very mean  :D
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2004, 05:53:00 AM »
great work!  really appreciate the effort that went into improving downloading and browsing the local drives!
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mrRobinson

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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2004, 07:55:00 AM »
QUOTE (ysbox @ Jun 13 2004, 10:05 AM)
Props to you too mrRobinson. I really appreciate how you help people out there.

And I've read your Guide to Networking the Xbox, it's very well written and I definitely advise everyone with connection problems to follow it -- too bad it lacks information about DNS stuff (hint wink.gif)

Yea before your app there wasn't much need for DNS to just ftp to your box.  I guess now I should just add a little section for making sure linksboks will work by correctly entering dns values.  I always wait till I have a few changes queued up before I make them so it might be a few weeks but good suggestion, it wouldn't hurt for me to add it.  

Will linksboks use any network config defined in any dash?  What about any msft dash settings for connecting to live, could it use those too cause they usually have dns setup correctly from that config.
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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2004, 12:27:00 PM »
The new linksboks is awsome! The other versions locked up tons but this one is fast and haven't had a lockup yet. Thanks beerchug.gif
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« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2004, 10:48:00 AM »
QUOTE (mrRobinson @ Jun 14 2004, 04:55 PM)
Will linksboks use any network config defined in any dash?  What about any msft dash settings for connecting to live, could it use those too cause they usually have dns setup correctly from that config.

More exactly, it simply doesn't make any changes so the (network) settings will be basically those set by the last application that changed them (since last boot up, of course).

For example, if you boot into your dash (configures its own settings), then fire up, say XBMC (which reconfigures the network settings again) and launch LinksBoks from there, it will "inherit" the settings set by XBMC. It's that simple. It doesn't look for settings anywhere (I don't even know where live stores its own).

As it seems to confuse a lot of users, I'll add these network options in the options manager and let it define its own config as well.


By the way: thanks for the props everyone wink.gif
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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2004, 08:12:00 AM »
I have the zoidberg .92 release from #xbins, but I'm getting the random freezing issue when browsing. It can be fine for about 10 pages, but then it locks up

any guesses, or is this still a problem ?
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2007, 05:45:00 AM »
is linksboks dead?sad.gif
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« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2007, 10:00:00 PM »
It's currently being integrated into XBMC.

 

To test it out AND be supported in the forums you need to build from the proper SVN branch.

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