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

Yes there is, it's called "Linkbox".

Do some research next time, you seem smart enough.

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?).

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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

dont port, write up a brand new browser

LOL tht took a long time to write...

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.

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.