SigsegvJul 3, 2023
alcinnz

Want to help me with my "Haphaestus" TV browser?

A component I've had to shunt off onto next year is a startpage I've been referring to as "Hearth" after the setting of Magus Elgar audioshow.

It'd need to include an addressbar, settings, bookmark manager, & ideally a feedreader. We could add other navigation aids. A griddy layout would be well suited to TVs.

History would be handled seperately.

Anyone interested in designing or implementing this as local serverside webapp?

Jul 3, 2023 at 7:25pmWeb
Show threadOlivier ForgetJul 3, 2023
@alcinnz Can you clarify the requirements? You're serving the address bar of the browser from a web server?
Show threadalcinnzJul 3, 2023

@teleclimber To start the requirements I'm enforcing on myself is that it can be conveniently used via a traditional TV remote.

"Hearth" would primarily hook into a tree-style history view (allowing you to navigate back, forwards, & sideways in time), as the root of that tree.

And yes, I would put the addressbar on the start page. That's where it fits best! I'd have another subproject "Bureaucromancy" show an onscreen keyboard.

Show threadalcinnzJul 3, 2023
@teleclimber Basically that "address bar" requirement boils down to a <input type=url /> + HTTP 301 redirect.