Introducing Gossamer 1.0: A Calculator Web Browser

TheStorm · NOU! Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 2375

This has most likely been asked before but is there a reason you went with a webhub rather than a custom gcnclient that did all the work locally? I mean it seems to me like that would just make more sense to me but I could just be crazy.
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Sorunome · Posted: 10 Jun 2011 04:32:29 pm Post subject:

I think making it locally would slow it a lot down, but as I didn't program that I don't know. Smile

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KermMartian · Posted: 10 Jun 2011 05:13:51 pm Post subject:

DShiznit · Posted: 12 Jun 2011 03:48:16 am Post subject:

In the future, could images perhaps be scaled-down and displayed in grayscale? Or is that far above the processing power and memory of a TI calculator?

ACagliano · Super-Expert Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 930

Kerm, how will your client handle downloads of files containing Word documents, text files, and eventually ti-point files. Will there be a conversion to the most compatible on-calc file type, providing there is enough space, and the file is actually compatible?

Edit: Can this program handle all the "Facebook" features? Perhaps, make it able to parse facebook mobile.
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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:43:09 pm Post subject:

DJ_O · Posted: 12 Jun 2011 07:15:35 pm Post subject:

This is a revolution.
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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2011 07:16:32 pm Post subject:

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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2011 11:15:03 pm Post subject:

That's absolutely correct. The more that the metahub server or gCn bridge running somewhere in the gCn network do (you guys can build service bridges too, very easily!), the less a PC-less solution would have to do, and the weaker and cheaper of a microcontroller could be used.
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Dingus · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2011 Posts: 33

So how do you hook the calculator up to the internet? TI has some sort of wireless connection for the cx series, a device that plugs into the top of the calc. Could that be used somehow with wifi?

souvik1997 · Guru-in-Training Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 2870

You use the gCn client software, and either a Arduino or the "$10" hub, or if you have a TI-84+/SE you can use the Direct USB cable.
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KermMartian · Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:48:50 pm Post subject:

Kurt · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2011 Posts: 12

A few suggestions.

-When a user hits the 'back' button, the page returns to the position it was at when they went to the next page.
-Home button that takes you back to the gCn portal.
-Bookmarks.
-The address bar keeps the last URL you entered since you started the program and enters it when you open the address window. Pressing DEL once clears it back to http://
-WebHub is unreliable at best when it comes to URLs that don't begin with 'www.' such as URLs that contain a subdomain.
-"calc." subdomains, designed to work optimally with Gossamer, with zero images and text formatted to fit the screen better.

I thought of some other things, but I cannot recall them at this moment.

comicIDIOT · Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:29:49 pm Post subject:

I think Gossamer is recognized under C6M, try browsing Cemetech Very Happy

There are no images except for the header logo and those found in posts.
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KermMartian · Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:50:59 pm Post subject:

Kurt · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2011 Posts: 12

Just remembered a single other suggestion. When entering text into a field, pressing ENTER behaves as if you had clicked 'okay' or 'send'.

Though having worked with inputs before, I vaguely remember this requiring some kind of crazy interrupt.

And as for unreliable, the browser will sometimes attempt to load a page, but you are met with a blank field with no loading bars. Other times you get 404 errors when the page should be there.

KermMartian · Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:06:25 pm Post subject:

Actually, I doubt if you've worked with Doors CS GUI API inputs, which I wrote myself from scratch. Smile

They look great and are highly functional, but unfortunately they're so complicated that I couldn't add the capability for mid-input hooks or interrupts for the sake of speed and size. Fair enough on the unreliable. Do you have any particular URLs that misbehave most/all of the time that I can track down the issue with?
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Kurt · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2011 Posts: 12

A few additional suggestions.

-The ability to open and display DCS7-specific file formats when clicked on, such as DE7 documents, MT3 files, and possibly integrating RIGview into DCS7 for image support
-A revamp on the "calc." subdomain idea, where instead of being optimised for use in Gossamer, pages are built using CS GUI API calls, allowing for text input, small images/icons, faster browsing, and an emphasis on the capabilities of DCS7, such as forums or a "calc." page for google searches.

Bendito999 · Posted: 15 Nov 2011 04:18:49 pm Post subject:

This program is really awesome (it even loads the Facebook login page!), but there is one feature that would really take it to new levels. The ability to type on-calc into text-boxes would be awesome. Right now, I am just getting _____ dashed lines for the text entry. With that, though, it may be possible to actually log in (don't steal my passwords).
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