#42520 - OrR - Thu May 12, 2005 1:08 pm
Is there a solution to view different HTML files on a flashcart, connected with links?
#42668 - Miked0801 - Fri May 13, 2005 10:03 pm
Huh? GBA isn't on the net. GBA can't (easily) be put on the net. Why in the world would you need an HTML viewer for the GBA?
#42680 - OrR - Fri May 13, 2005 11:20 pm
For viewing HTML pages I put on a Flashcard.
#42690 - Miked0801 - Sat May 14, 2005 12:44 am
Ok, but I'm not sure if anyone's written a basic web browswer for the GBA yet. Anyone?
#42729 - Kyoufu Kawa - Sat May 14, 2005 10:12 am
I guess PogoShell's text viewer doesn't count? It does turn <tags> into bytemarks...
#42758 - OrR - Sat May 14, 2005 7:08 pm
| Kyoufu Kawa wrote: |
| I guess PogoShell's text viewer doesn't count? It does turn <tags> into bytemarks... |
What exactly does that mean, can you click links to other pages?
#42761 - Kyoufu Kawa - Sat May 14, 2005 7:37 pm
No you can't.
Can you click on the GBA at all?
#42762 - Wriggler - Sat May 14, 2005 8:03 pm
I think the resolution is just too small to make something like that worthwhile...
Ben
#42763 - OrR - Sat May 14, 2005 8:12 pm
| Kyoufu Kawa wrote: |
No you can't.
Can you click on the GBA at all? |
Well, you could cycle links with the dpad and then activate them with the a button... Only someone would have to code that first I guess... ;)
@Wriggler: I read 1984 on my GBA so I don't see the problem... ;)
#42771 - Kyoufu Kawa - Sat May 14, 2005 9:12 pm
And I've quite comfortably read "The Cuckoo's Nest" while enjoying dinner. I'm not too sure which I enjoyed more.
* tries something out *
Tab-cycling links sucks. I can only imagine how DPad-cycling them would be.
The DS, on the other hand... ;)
#42773 - OrR - Sat May 14, 2005 9:33 pm
Well, on complex things like this board that is right but if you only have three or four links per page and very simple HTML that would be ok.
#42774 - Kyoufu Kawa - Sat May 14, 2005 9:43 pm
| OrR wrote: |
| Well, on complex things like this board that is right but if you only have three or four links per page and very simple HTML that would be ok. |
True, true.
#42840 - MrD - Sun May 15, 2005 3:57 pm
I wouldn't mind scrolling the page with the D-pad and using L and R for hyperlink jumping... unless you were planning tabbed browsing :o
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#43239 - ScottLininger - Fri May 20, 2005 8:59 pm
I'm working on a browser. It's pretty retarded right now. It only recognizes <b>,<i>,<p>, and <br> tags. But I pulled a book from the Gutenburg project and it scrolls through it at decent speed.
You can download it at http://www.thingker.com/gba/gbaBrowser.zip , if you're interested in taking a peek
Right now only two buttons do anything. "DOWN" scrolls. "A" switches through three subpixel display modes, which can make the text more clear, depending on your LCD.
In the next few weeks I should have a much better version done, along with a little tool that allows you to package up a directory of HTML files and create a .GBA file out of them. Should be cool for reading eBooks and the like. I'd love to hear any other suggestions on what this might be useful for.
-Scott
#43340 - OrR - Sun May 22, 2005 12:02 pm
Cool, I'll try it on monday! :) Only other things I need are links and unordered lists...
How about entering the browser into the GBAX2005 competition?
As for what the browser can be used for: Do you know Plucker or AvantGo? They go through online websites, save them up to a specified link depth, simplify them and then pack them up so that you can read them on your PDA. This way you can sync your PDA with a PC and then read all the CNN news etc on your bus ride to work.
#44355 - staticboy - Tue May 31, 2005 11:09 pm
Strange! Being a web dev I thought about doing this on the GBA too, but concluded that it would be pretty pointless as the HTML would have to be so controlled and limited I'd only be able to use my own.
To pack Mozilla or Internet Explorer into a GBA just isn't going to happen. I did write a stupendously simple "eBook" text viewer so I could have a novel or two on my flash cart for long, boring train journeys, as well as games.
However, the DS could well change my thinking. I love my DS already and I've only had it a fortnight. It's got enough oomph to run a reasonable HTML parser with moderate error handling and the touch screen means super user friendly scrolling and hyperlinking, but best of all if we can work out how to write out own IPv4 stack routines then it'll connect to internet anywhere there's a public WiFi spot. Sweet.