[mythtv-users] OT: Web browsing on TV

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Mon Dec 29 17:59:49 UTC 2008


On Dec 29, 2008, at 8:23 AM, Paul Bender wrote:

> António Santos wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a bit off-topic, but I wonder if anyone here can give me a
>> clue. Is there any browser (or a modified firefox browser) that is
>> specifically suited for browsing on the TV (on a public environment)?
>> I mean, it should have minimal options, a quick startup, support for
>> most of the outstanding web technologies (Javascript, Flash, etc) and
>> it must support zooming for a good 10-feet browsing experience.
>
> I have not found any. I am hopeful that MythBrowser 0.22 + Qt 4.5 will
> meet these requirements. Until then, I just don't bother.

Have a look at CouchSurfer. I use it on my AppleTV and it's actually  
pretty good. I much prefer it to MythBrowser.
http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Couchsurfer


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