[mythtv-users] OT: Web browsing on TV

António Santos ansantos at fe.up.pt
Mon Dec 29 22:55:06 UTC 2008


>> 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
>

But does it work on Linux?

Thanks,

Antonio Santos




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