Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Browse the Web in Media Center

Web-browser-in-media-center

I have been waiting for a plugin that allows you to browse the web without leaving Media Center and it’s finally here! Anthony Park developed a browser plugin for Media Center (via Chris Lanier) and it looks pretty slick. It sounds like you can use it over extenders and it has a zoom feature which will come in handy. Here’s a list of features:

  • Browse to home page or favorites
  • Scroll around within web pages
  • Highlight and select links within web pages to navigate
  • Zoom in and out for 10-foot style surfing
  • Compatible with Media Center Extender devices

    • I’m not sure if you can specify which browser to use?

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    posted by Tim Coyle at 12:10 AM

    from: Anonymous Anonymous,

    1 Comments:

    "I’m not sure if you can specify which browser to use?"

    I'm pretty sure this plugin uses the COM objects that comes with Windows, and consequently has IE components. Changing this may be very complex with that kind of functionality, and surely will be a technical effort over extenders.

    But, a nice product!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:13 AM  

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