HTML Applications

[Linker]

I think hands down that the HTML Applications peice of the front end makes GameEX one of the top in it's class!

I am wondering, what other HTML Applications besides the weather do people on the forum use?

Has anyone thought of doing a small links page to share with the group, and new people having the apps listed?

Since I am the later of the two, I only have the weather one but would love to get more loaded.

[David R Hilgendorf]

I have not even tinkered with this feature yet, though I am VERY curious to see what others are doing... Is ANYONE using this, and if so how?

[bprell]

Heh, I'm in the same boat as you guys. I wasn't sure what else to do with this, but there are tons of possibilities. I thought about trying to do some kind of RSS feed from CNN or something, but that's about as far as I got with it.

[Linker]

Come on... some one has to do it!! Ok, whatâ?¦about the Admin, or anyone for that fact clueing us into the possibilities of this feature...

Knock, Knockâ?¦potential shareware paying customers asking for a reason to spend money at the door!!! :-)

[David R Hilgendorf]

Apparently no one is using his feature. I tried to google it to see what other apps are available besides weather and I found nothing useful. Maybe I am searching using the wrong terminology? Has ANYONE found other HTML apps that they can give us some links to try out?

This is a cool feature that I feel is not seeing enough use due to lack of info/knowledge.

[Tom Speirs]

Come on... some one has to do it!!  Ok, what�about the Admin, or anyone for that fact clueing us into the possibilities of this feature...

Knock, Knock�potential shareware paying customers asking for a reason to spend money at the door!!!  :-)

LOL. Your money is no good here.

The purpose, is to allow simple plugins for GameEx. Windows Media Center allows plug-ins this way too (as web pages), although obviously a bit better! Then allow these plugins to be used with a Gamepad, remote, or Arcade Controls. Which is pretty much what you cant do normally with a web browser.

OK, this is what could be done with HTML applications.

Just examples for you to toy with.

But first Forget about an RSS Feed as I am already working on it.

For non developers.

How about linking to an internet web cam that show someone using a toilet (my humor sorry!)

How about having a flash file or shockwave file. This could be a game, movie etc.

Pictures of any sort.

A help page for GameEx

Porn slideshow.

It could be an internet radio station that is so protected you cant add as a station in gameex.

Stock price.

News feed.

The current time and timezone in Timbuktoo

You could simply put in a link to MAWS or KLOV.

You could link to a Java, Shockwave or Flash game.

Movie listings for your local cinema perhaps.

For people with a few skills such asp, perl, php etc.

You could show statistics. How long has my server been up, the time, the date.

XMLTV info. or Tv Guide.

You could show your webcam, or other home automation info.

You could use content scraping/ripping techniques, to create something like Weather, show current MAME version etc

Use other activex controls to display multimedia.

And heres how you do all that, if you want to do more than just have a link to a web site.

But first, just to clarify. This feature (HTML apps) also allows you to navigate a web site purely with a joypad, remote, or Arcade Controls. That is what the Mouse Emu setting is for. You could think of it as a web browser for arcade cabinets.

1. You create a web page or pages that resize based on the size of the displayed window. In other word a TABLE with 100% width and 100% Height should do it. The reason for this is you dont want to have to scroll the page if using arcade controls, as this is a pain, it also looks crappy.

2 Advanced. If you can code javascript then you write DHTML code in the page to navigate between image links using the arrow keys and enter for selecting a link. These link to another page that does not scroll as above and fits on the page without needing scrolling as before.

2 Easy. If you cant use javascript, then either you can just create a simple web page, as long as it resizes with the display again.

should get you started. If you want to use a mouse, its just like any other web page click on the links.

2 Easy Part 2 If you are using a gamepad or arcade controls, then turn on the Mouse Emu. This will allow you to move the mouse to links on the page with up, down, left, right, and then click with the select button for your device.

3. Save the page on your harddisk.

4. Add it is an html app.

[For files on you hard disk prefix with file:// e.g file://c:/webpages/mylinks.htm

Hope that helps.

Cheers!

[Tom Speirs]

And remember, please share your work and talk about it however you want right here at http://gameex.info