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- dickalan - 2010-05-15
ok well i sort of got it working, instead i put it into the plugin folder, I assigned the path entered the rest of the info and it worked.... sort of... it never actually launched any web pages...
- thatjoshguy - 2010-05-17
dickalan Wrote:ok well i sort of got it working, instead i put it into the plugin folder, I assigned the path entered the rest of the info and it worked.... sort of... it never actually launched any web pages...
I think I tried that once. It's not a web browser in and of itself, it's just a modified version of the Launcher plugin that passes the website you want tio view to Firefox.
You could install firefox on your own, and use the launcher plugin to load FireFox from XBMC, then when you exit FireFox XBMC will maximize again.
Problem is, most websites are unreadable on a tv 6 feet or more across the room...Yes you could zoom the font and whatnot, but it just looks like crap without a proper 10ft interface. Luckily, a few webstites are starting to host their own 10ft versions (youtube for instance - http://www.youtube.com/xl)
- GJones - 2010-05-17
That still doesn't answer the obvious question. Why should XBMC resources be diverted to support an interface that is substandard? The whold point is to make a media interface easily controlled by a remote. A web browser does not lend itself to control by a remote (if you doubt this, use Wii's Internet channel).
Some sites are media driven and lend themselves to use through a media interface (youtube). Most do not. For those that do, plugins are the answer. For others, XBMC is not the right interface. If you want to use your XBMC computer for a desktop installation, that is fine. But if you want to use your XBMC computer in that way, why not just use the browser normally? This just seems to be a lot of effort with very little if any appreciable upside.
- GJones - 2010-05-17
thatjoshguy Wrote:Problem is, most websites are unreadable on a tv 6 feet or more across the room...Yes you could zoom the font and whatnot, but it just looks like crap without a proper 10ft interface. Luckily, a few webstites are starting to host their own 10ft versions (youtube for instance - http://www.youtube.com/xl)
Bingo.
Putting a web site on a TV will not make it look good on a TV.
- feerlessleadr - 2010-05-17
I don't know where I read it, or even if it is still the case, but there are a number of different websites that will not allow the streaming of video through the existing plugin (I am thinking of specifically justin.tv and atdhe).
I believe that in other media browsers (again, I don't remember which ones or where I read this) they use a modified version of their built in web browser to view the video. So while the web browser isn't really used for web browsing, it is used to view video that require the use of a web browser.
That would be my reasoning for wanting some sort of web browser integration.
Kylo Web Browser integration? - ameinild - 2010-06-11
Yesterday I stumbled across a very interesting Web browser concept called Kylo. It's a Mozilla browser made especially for big screeen TV's.
http://www.kylo.tv/
How about porting this browser to XBMC, either as a plugin or natively? This sort of thing would rock IMO...
regards, Artur
- GJones - 2010-06-11
This has been covered several times. It actually has several drawbacks (methods of input one of them). Kylo seems not at all interested in being used by a remote and expects a keyboard. I would refer to Launcher plugin for further questions.
- fshagan - 2010-06-12
GJones Wrote:This has been covered several times. It actually has several drawbacks (methods of input one of them). Kylo seems not at all interested in being used by a remote and expects a keyboard. I would refer to Launcher plugin for further questions.
They evidently are adding MCE remote support soon (see here). But they are Windows only, and it looks like they will be that way for a while.
- ubuntuf4n - 2010-06-12
I'd the same idea, few days ago.
So lets hope that they'll integrate it.
- GJones - 2010-06-14
fshagan Wrote:They evidently are adding MCE remote support soon (see here). But they are Windows only, and it looks like they will be that way for a while.
I'll pass.
- lkraav - 2010-10-24
how about http://mozillalabs.com/chromeless/2010/10/21/chromeless-build-your-own-browser-ui-using-html-css-js/
Embed Chromium Web Browser? - Croaker - 2010-11-09
Hi,
not sure if I'm right here or if this thread should be moved to the Skinning forum, so any mod feel free to move
How about providing a new type of control to skinners:
WebBrowser (or something like that).
Should be possible to integrate Chromium. Think would be nice to have the possibility to browse the net from your couch. Many people are using some kind of wireless keyboard (with touchpad/trackball), so wrapping anything to 10foot navigation would not be important.
- topfs2 - 2010-11-09
This has been discussed many times and afaik none of the current developers are pursuing it and aren't really interested in browsing the web via the couch.
What we would like though is to stream media content through flash and html5, that being said its not necessarily true you need a full fledged browser for it.
At any rate, patches welcomed.
Cheers,
Tobias
- Soju - 2010-11-11
Well, HTML5 is easiest done through.... Also Linux based, at least, FOSS Flash renderers kinda suck right now.
Web Browser? - tomiso - 2010-11-22
Will there ever be an integrated or a plugin web browser?