Showtime

WTF ?! Do you really mean it ?
Showtime is a media player, not an OS...
If you are using Showtime on a PC I assume you already have a browser, if it's on PS3 there is a browser too, and a better one in Multiman.
What's the point to have a browser in Showtime ?

Well, I am very optimistic that Showtime is more than a media player. It's definitely gonna evolve into something more. And why can't a media player have a browser within it? What's so shocking about it?

Browser on the PS3 sucks. Browser in multiman, hmm, never knew that existed.

But if showtime is getting bigger, i think I would prefer to keep Showtime as my default interface on the PS3.

Yup, so maybe as a side project, and integrating all softs in one later.
Andreas will have to clone himself for that

I understand this is a HUGE project in itself, but my request is just as a feature addition at some point of time.

I am not sure if it possible to port Chrome/Chromium or some Webkit2 browser into Showtime, but if we could, that would be one awesome feature.

Some options if ever considered,
http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/Applications%20using%20WebKit

Hi,

EA made a PS3 webkit based browser and used it in the game Skate 3.

They have made the source code available at :

http://gpl.ea.com/skate3.html

Its apparently using chromium (google chrome) version 5.

Its for sure better than the stock PS3 browser scoring 100/100 on acid3 and with very fast js engine.

It would make perfect sense to integrate a Webkit browser into Showtime and keep it in beta status for a long long time.

Hope Andreas gives this feature a second thought.

Interesting...