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first, i'm not interested in browsing the internet from xbmc.
but i am interested in displaying intranet web pages (in my house). they are html & asp pages to be exact running on a homeseer web server. these are my home automation status and control pages.
would the same effort to create a full web browser need to be applied to have a basic display of a page that would allow submits to an asp web server (basically the pages have some buttons to turn lights on/off)?
i've seen web servers and browsers built into pic chips so i'd think if they were stripped down bare they would not take up that much system resources?
with so much going web based today (router config/status, home media players (mp3, tivo, etc), appliances, etc. i'd think many people would want the ability to use the pages from within xbmc as a central location to control your home.
just my $.02
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@affini: sounds like you could do what you want with a python script.
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i'm not sure if python will be able to display asp pages... anyone know?
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wow, this would be wonderful. i hope it is indeed possible.
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it would be an instant ~5mb of bloat.
whats so hard with adding it as a shortcut to the dialogsubmenu and have it quickly available ?
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it's not hard, just that there are benefits to integrating it. it would be faster to get back to xbmc if it was integrated. the base functionality is already in linksboks, however it could stand to be extended, with the xbmc user-base this is almost certain to happen. also, the author seperated the engine from the host app for uses like this. why immediately shoot it down and say launch it, things like audioscrobbler support are also bloat, what about kai, more bloat! i am not trying to come off as sarcastic, but let's be serious here, many people would use it and many people would love it.
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i guess the difference between launching and integrating the web browser, would functionally be the ability to browse the web while listening to music and the ability to click a streaming media link in a web page, and have it launched. visually, a unified interface/keyboard/controls would be nice. i know memory is limited, and i also know at least a few of the devs are 'anti-browser', but for me, it'd be neat.
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i think we can summ it up to one thing only:
- is there somebody who gonna add it (thats the great thing about open source btw, you want a feature so add it and don't be pissed if somebody says that he won't) :p
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