Here is a new application for the Advanced Launcher. You can use it to start a WWW navigator and use the "Files launchers" mode properties to manage websites like using bookmarks. Here is the corresponding part of the
launchers.xml configuration file:
Code:
<launcher>
<name>Internet (chromium)</name>
<application>[b]/usr/bin/chromium[/b]</application>
<args>[b]-kiosk "%rom%"[/b]</args>
<rompath>/media/emulation/Internet/roms/</rompath>
<thumbpath>/media/emulation/Internet/covers/</thumbpath>
<fanartpath>/media/emulation/Internet/fanarts/</fanartpath>
<romext>[b]htm|html[/b]</romext>
<platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
<thumb>/media/emulation/Internet/covers/chromium.jpg</thumb>
<fanart>/media/emulation/Internet/fanarts/Internet.jpg</fanart>
<genre>Browser</genre>
<release></release>
<publisher></publisher>
<launcherplot>The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.</launcherplot>
<wait></wait>
<minimize>true</minimize>
<lnk></lnk>
<roms>
</roms>
</launcher>
I'm using chromium as navigator but it may be possible to use any other navigator that support can start into fullscreen mode using the command line. For a true fullscreen mode with Chromium you need to use the
-kiosk argument. Roms file are here replaced by HTML files which will be all stored into the same directory. You will need to create 1 corresponding HTML file for each website. Here is the content of the HTML file :
Code:
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=[b]http://espn.go.com/[/b]">
</head></html>
And here is the corresponding part of the
launchers.xml configuration file for the website information (here ESPN):
Code:
<rom>
<name>espn</name>
<filename>[b]/media/emulation/Internet/roms/espn.html[/b]</filename>
<platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
<thumb>/media/emulation/Internet/covers/espn.png</thumb>
<fanart>/media/emulation/Internet/fanarts/espn.jpg</fanart>
<genre>Sports</genre>
<release></release>
<publisher></publisher>
<gameplot>The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.</gameplot>
</rom>
Have fun !!!!!
