VLC…iPhone update 5th of February 2009
It's been a while since my last update on the project. Here's what changed since last time:
VLC iPhone web interface update 06.01.2009
UPDATE: I've created a page for the project, you can check it out at http://manuelciosici.com/projects/vlciphone/.
I'm tired so this post won't be long. Here's a list of changes that reflect the work I've done lately on the VLC web interface for iPhone:
- it now has a icon to show as shortcut (se picture below);
- the interface can now interpret the answers from the AJAX requests. This is due to a modified version of some JavaScript functions the original web interface came with.
- it now has two horizontal scroll bars to indicate the level of volume and the file progress. Although these won't react to dragging (yet), they do update their status when levels are changed (they have some minor bugs).
- the interface launches fullscreen if the home screen icon is pressed;
- the interface makes us of the iPhone's cache to store most of it's files;
- the status updates once a second (i'll make this optional since it's eating quite a lot of power);
- I've modified the original web interface so that when the client uses an iPhone he is directed to the iPhone version.
If things continue to go this well, I'll launch a 0.1 version soon.
The interface's icon
The updated interface
I'm tired so this post won't be long. Here's a list of changes that reflect the work I've done lately on the VLC web interface for iPhone:
- it now has a icon to show as shortcut (se picture below);
- the interface can now interpret the answers from the AJAX requests. This is due to a modified version of some JavaScript functions the original web interface came with.
- it now has two horizontal scroll bars to indicate the level of volume and the file progress. Although these won't react to dragging (yet), they do update their status when levels are changed (they have some minor bugs).
- the interface launches fullscreen if the home screen icon is pressed;
- the interface makes us of the iPhone's cache to store most of it's files;
- the status updates once a second (i'll make this optional since it's eating quite a lot of power);
- I've modified the original web interface so that when the client uses an iPhone he is directed to the iPhone version.
If things continue to go this well, I'll launch a 0.1 version soon.
The interface's icon
The updated interface
VLC web interface for iPhone
UPDATE: I've created a page for the project, you can check it out at http://manuelciosici.com/projects/vlciphone/.
This is what I've been working on today. It's a web interface to control VLC media player from one's iPhone. It looks (and is) very rudimentary (lower buttons don't do anything yet), but it is far more usable than the default web interface VLC comes with. It is also more battery efficient since the AJAX requests are only made when the user pushes a button (it doesn't update any status so it doesn't need to make requests every second).
I will probably continue to work on it since I want to be able to provide more functions that the free VLC Remote App from AppStore. The webapp is based on webapp.net mini-framework. This interface also replaces the default one VLC comes with, but I'll deal with that tomorrow.
Time to test it now with a good movie.
This is what I'we been working on today. It's a web interface to control VLC media player from one's iPhone. It looks (and is) very rudimentary (lower buttons don't do anything yet), but it is far more usable than the default web interface VLC comes with. It is also more battery efficient since the AJAX requests are only made when the user pushes a button (it doesn't update any status so it doesn't need to make requests every second).
I will probably continue to work on it since I want to be able to provide more functions that the free VLC Remote App from AppStore. The webapp is based on webapp.net mini-framework. This interface also replaces the default one VLC comes with, but I'll deal with that tomorrow.
Time to test it now with a good movie.
Moise site halloween theme
Thanks Vali for the good and fast implementation. I believe that moise site should be appealing to teenagers and this implies a lot of updating and cool upgrades, the new theme, halloween theme is just one of those things making it appeal to teenagers. Here's a screenshot from my iPhone.
Google Chrome – primele impresii
Scriam în postul precedent că Google a lansat propriul lor navigator (browser) care se numește Chrome. L-am descărcat și testat pe Vista (deocamdată nu e disponibil și pe Linux) și prima impresie e că se mișcă foarte foarte repede. Analytics și Blogger sunt mult mai rapide. Aștept acum să văd ce o să se întâmple cu utilizarea navigatoarelor, ce o să zică Mozilla care erau prietenii Google despre noul browser. Și cât de mult o să modifice navigatorul ăsta foarte rapid și care nu consumă multe resurse web-ul de azi și de mâine.
Desigur că printre primele siteuri pe care le-am viztat cu Chrome a fost și moisenicoara.ro. Am lucrat mult cu Vali la moisenicoara.ro ca să îl optimizăm să se miște cât mai repede, dar azi am văzut că și navigatorul contează foarte mult. Pagina de editare cu TinyMCE se încarcă în cam o secundă jumate față de cele 3-5 ale Firefox. Sunt foarte fericit de rapiditatea moisenicoara.ro în Chrome și de faptul că nu văd vreo eroare de randare sau de orice altfel datorată lui Chrome. Felicitări Google pentru navigator.
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Am rulat un test de JavaScript de la webkit.org și Google Chrome a ieșit de 1.47 de ori mai rapid ca și Firefox 3. Pentru mai multe detalii, rezultatele Chrome sunt aici. Adresa pe care trebuie să o intruduceți pentru comparare cu Firefox 3 este aceasta.
A aparut Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Astazi a fost lansata a doua versiune beta a navigatorului celor de la
Microsoft. Internet Explorer 8 se poate descarca gratuit de pe siteul
Microsoft (scriu de pe iPhone si deci nu pot pune un link direct).
Pentru cei care nu stiu, IE8 este primul navigator al Microsoft care
suporta complet standardele w3c. IE8 este incercarea celor de la
microsoft de a lansa un navigator care sa poata concura cu Firefox.
Sent from my iPhone
Internet Explorer va suporta Canvas
Internet Explorer-ul celor de la Microsoft va suporta în viitorul apropiat elementul canvas din HTML 5 și asta nu datorită Microsoft ci datorită Mozilla, creatoarea navigatorului concurent, Firefox. Mozilla a anunțat că lucrează la un modul separat (plugin) care se va putea instala în Internet Explorer și care va permite Canvas în IE. Știrea completă aici.