Web Browser
Is anyone working on a web browser for the Roku? GoogleTV will leap frog the Roku for this fact alone. Here is a list of features that would make for an impressive web browser. Bookmarking pages a...
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I have a question.
If these other platforms have a small drive space that allows for some programs to be run, then what happens if they fill up that drive space?
If they start allowing a browser, for example, in order to make it usefull and fully compliant across the wek, won't they have to allow for web apps and such to be installed? Some, like Java, are rather large installs, and are notorious for just adding on top of themselves rather than deleting old versions. I once had a 6 or 7 GB Java folder, for example, with about 10 older versions still lurking beneath the surface.
To be a fully compliant browser, stuff like Adobe Reader would need to work ... and .. well, you get my point.
This seems like one of those things where an internal browser might be more trouble that it's worth. A method of connecting and displaying a laptop through Roku, on the TV screen, (wirelessly or adding ports to hardwire it in) would seem more useful than an internal browser.
It seems like it would be much easier as well. Add video and audio in ports, and set up a channel to do the dirt work.
That's just my $0.02 worth.
If these other platforms have a small drive space that allows for some programs to be run, then what happens if they fill up that drive space?
If they start allowing a browser, for example, in order to make it usefull and fully compliant across the wek, won't they have to allow for web apps and such to be installed? Some, like Java, are rather large installs, and are notorious for just adding on top of themselves rather than deleting old versions. I once had a 6 or 7 GB Java folder, for example, with about 10 older versions still lurking beneath the surface.
To be a fully compliant browser, stuff like Adobe Reader would need to work ... and .. well, you get my point.
This seems like one of those things where an internal browser might be more trouble that it's worth. A method of connecting and displaying a laptop through Roku, on the TV screen, (wirelessly or adding ports to hardwire it in) would seem more useful than an internal browser.
It seems like it would be much easier as well. Add video and audio in ports, and set up a channel to do the dirt work.
That's just my $0.02 worth.
