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davethompson

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« on: December 27, 2005, 02:27:00 PM »
Hello everyone...!

This is my first post in these forums, just got myself a modified xbox and I was wondering if anyone either knew of a decent web browser for the xbox or of any project to make one...?

If one doesn't exisit, I was thinking that with an SDK it'd probably be possible to port over the KDE projects KHTML engine to the Xbox to get something working - only problems would be the widgets which would require a complete rewrite - but I think this might be possible...

Unfortunately, it'd have to be produced on a dodgy MS SDK as the OpenXdk project is nowehere near mature enough to support this - hasn't even got sockets support...

Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas/hints?

Cheers,

Dave
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Smoko

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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2005, 04:28:00 PM »
Yes there is, it's called "Linkbox".

Do some research next time, you seem smart enough.
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davethompson

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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2005, 04:38:00 PM »
Smoko,

Thanks for pointing out Lynxbox - I had found this but mistakenly discarded it because I thought it'd be like Lynx on *nix...

Sorry!!! Perhaps I should have said "a web browser which supports CSS, Javascript, Fonts, a DOM, etc..."

Cheers,

Dave

This post has been edited by davethompson: Dec 28 2005, 12:59 AM
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Smoko

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« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2005, 07:41:00 AM »
QUOTE(davethompson @ Dec 28 2005, 12:09 AM) View Post

Smoko,

Thanks for pointing out Lynxbox - I had found this but mistakenly discarded it because I thought it'd be like Lynx on *nix...

Sorry!!! Perhaps I should have said "a web browser which supports CSS, Javascript, Fonts, a DOM, etc..."

Cheers,

Dave


Being more specific would have helped.

At the current stage, no there isnt a fancyer browser than Linksboks. And, I think it will stay that way. And why would you wanna have a browser full of crap if it only works on 640*480 resolutions?).
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davethompson

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« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2005, 10:22:00 AM »
The screen resolution point is a good one, I suppose it's more of a "can it be done" rather than an actual useful project - though I could see potential applications in a kisok or with a HDTV if the resolution is any better.

Anyway, thanks Smoko - this has answered my questions - no-one seems to be working on such a project right now!!!

If I find a copy of the XDK anywhere then I'll give this a go in my spare time.

Cheers,

Dave
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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2005, 10:36:00 AM »
I use Linksboks in 1080i and 720p just fine.  It looks really nice, except for the lack of CSS support.

Why not port Firefox?  It's open source.
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davethompson

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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2005, 10:42:00 AM »
I took a look at the firefox source - but tbh it looked quite complicated as it has quite a few seperate bits and bobs (like COM, etc)... KHTML on the other hand seems relatively straightforward and supports most if not all modern standards - Nokia have done a lot of work making it into a more pure form than Apple (who used it in Safari).

Firefox MIGHT be possible, though - just gotta hope someone PMs me with where to get the XDK from and I can give it a go myself... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

EDIT: Actually, this might be harder than I thought...!

This post has been edited by davethompson: Dec 28 2005, 07:01 PM
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Smoko

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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2005, 04:46:00 PM »
I really dont see porting Firefox and the likes to Xbox possible, let alone useful. You would need to edit the socket handling, remove certain features that use the Windows/Linux/Mac API.

I think you would be better off just upgrading Linksbocs.
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2005, 12:55:00 PM »
Your best bet is running Firefox under Linux (or Opera, Konqueror, etc). Whilst this may not be the solution you are looking for it's currently the only way of running a browser on your Xbox with

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CSS, Javascript, Fonts, a DOM, etc...
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2007, 08:04:00 AM »
Hey there... i'm using Linksboks RIGHT NOW to post this
dammit... there isn't a friggin exclamation mark...

anyways, this works pretty good... no plugins, or anything special....

the keyboard is wierd but smart.. u could type really fast if u get used to it

i guess if u want a fancy browser,

a)  linux --> ffox

cool.gif  dont port, write up a brand new browser  

LOL tht took a long time to write...
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2007, 01:29:00 PM »
Linksboks is a pain to use. It has no CSS support and most websites aren't displayed well.

Linux isn't a good alternative. I only have X-DSL (live cd) and most users don't have any Linux on their box, too. I guess about 10% of all modded xbox owners have Linux.

A native xbox app would be better, in each case. Something like Firebox would be cool. I plan to install Linux on my laptop and then I'll have a look into KHTML.

Too bad, OpenXDK has no real network support.
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2008, 06:02:00 PM »
QUOTE(zedd56 @ Nov 19 2007, 01:10 AM) View Post

there isn't a friggin exclamation mark...


Click in the left thumbstick, pull the right trigger, move the left ltumbstick to the right, and then press "Y"
Which (if you are in a field which you can enter text) should produce an ! on screen.
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