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**danzel** · 01-23-2006, 02:56 AM

Wee, time to release a new program.

webnab - Why eat Bananas, Not a browser.
Download 0.1

A Program that lets you read the front page news from a limited amount of news type sites, Currently:
pspupdates (Parses front page)
slashdot (rss feed)
apple (rss feed)

webnab official site

To Do:
Add more feeds.
Add picture and comment viewing to pspupdates.
Fix some characters.
Add general rss reader (mostly done)
Release under GPL (its not GPL licensed atm so don't ask for the code, I'll release it when I'm ready to)
Go to bed.

To Not Do:
Write a complete web browser.
Add anything I don't want to.

Not tested on 2.00, should probally work...
Any suggestions of feeds/sites/features to add, post em in this thread

**Master-Chief** · 01-23-2006, 05:32 AM

This is cool.. nice work!

**Anja** · 01-23-2006, 06:18 AM

make an option to put own rss feed links in... than is this a best homebrew to wait for a browser !!!

hmm... only "downloading feed" nothing more

dont work on my psp *cry*

**pinktank** · 01-23-2006, 06:31 AM

add gizmodo engadget dapreview if possible

MemoryStick · 01-23-2006, 06:50 AM

Very Nice!

**cools** · 01-23-2006, 07:56 AM

add the edge of ihacked as well

Nice App BTW!

**Vaza** · 01-23-2006, 08:48 AM

where did you get the name idea from?

**matriculated** · 01-23-2006, 08:56 AM

Dude, WEBNAB is an acronym for [W]hy [E]at [B]ananas [N]ot [A] web [B]rowser

**Koba** · 01-23-2006, 09:40 AM

denzel, you are one crazy dude lol, what a silly name! anyways, this is great, no more waiting to get home to keep up with pspupdates, connect and read on the go!

**danzel** · 01-23-2006, 11:39 AM

Where'd the name come from:

Quote:

<danzel> i need to name my web-feed-reader for psp :|
<danzel> i was thinking stfunawb
<danzel> which stands for stfu, not a web browser
<danzel> or dinawb- damn it, not a web browser
<danzel> lol
<danzel> sdnab: seriously dude, not a browser
<danzel> webnab: what ever bacon, not a browser
<danzel> lol
<dapples> mmm, bacon
<danzel> wacky erotic beans, not a browser
<danzel> lol
<dapples> why eat bananas
<danzel> lol
<danzel> 'why eat bananas, not a browser
<danzel> lol
<danzel> sounds good
<danzel> i almost wrote why eat babies :|
<dapples> we eat babies?
<danzel> yeah for sure :P

@Anja - if it locks up at downloading feed it probally means that it had trouble resolving the domain name, check your network settings and try again. Sometimes it just fails to resolve here for me too, i'll add in some better handling of it for the next version.

I'll look at adding in some of those feeds in the next version, most likely I'll just get the generic rss reader going and ship a decent set of favorites

Thanks for the feedback

Anyone tryed it on 2.00 yet?

spE*zero · 01-23-2006, 12:23 PM

This does not work for 2.00. i used the wifiloader and i tried it 3 times, it jus freezes at "downloading feed." and turns off or am i doing something wrong?? I dunno but nice work danzel. Cool app.

*2.00 tester here, would be glad to test any apps on 2.00.

**danzel** · 01-23-2006, 12:29 PM

Thanks for testing that spE*zero, if you had your network settings all set up right (which im pretty certain you would) then it looks like it doesn't work on 2.00

Oh well, 2.00 people have the web browser to read the sites :P

**Sturmeh** · 01-23-2006, 07:38 PM

Heh, im doing a GUI for this app, and a new icon n stuff... yeh..

aWW now im feeling sorry for the people with 1.51 and 1.52...

They are easily the worst firmwares. with the exeption of being able to downgrade, ( After updating to 2.00 )

So yeeeh, who da frak is still at 1.52 anyway, ill tell u who, the n00bs that bought a psp when it first came out and never even updated to 2.00, rofl. but they are in for some luck if htey have smart relatives...

**Anja** · 01-24-2006, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spE*zero

This does not work for 2.00. i used the wifiloader and i tried it 3 times, it jus freezes at "downloading feed." and turns off or am i doing something wrong?? I dunno but nice work danzel. Cool app.

*2.00 tester here, would be glad to test any apps on 2.00.

same problem here, danzel sorry... but hm my wlan options are right, psp radio and all the other wlan stuff are k, but this app freeze at "downloading feed"

will read new rss

**planetusa** · 01-24-2006, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordSturm

Heh, im doing a GUI for this app, and a new icon n stuff... yeh..

aWW now im feeling sorry for the people with 1.51 and 1.52...

They are easily the worst firmwares. with the exeption of being able to downgrade, ( After updating to 2.00 )

So yeeeh, who da frak is still at 1.52 anyway, ill tell u who, the n00bs that bought a psp when it first came out and never even updated to 2.00, rofl. but they are in for some luck if htey have smart relatives...

Do you have the source to this app? I'm curious to take a look at his method of html/xmp parsing.

Michael

**hàrléyg²** · 01-24-2006, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Release under GPL (its not GPL licensed atm so don't ask for the code, I'll release it when I'm ready to)

i think he will release the source when hes ready

or if your talking about another app... what app?

**danzel** · 01-24-2006, 01:43 PM

@planetusa - yeah, i'll pm you a link to some code later when I have some time.
Its using libcurl and libxml2, libxml2 has a html parser built in, so it makes it quite easy to do things, check out the libcurl example which uses libxml2 and thats what I'm basically doing.

@anja - I take it you're using 2.00 as well then? I'll take a look into it and release a test for 2.00 so I can find out whats happening. Its dropping out somewhere in libcurl by the looks of things.

**planetusa** · 01-24-2006, 02:34 PM

So I take it you successfully ported libxml2? How lightweight have you managed to get it? How well does it handle html that is incorrectly written (no closing tags, etc)?

Michael

**Anja** · 01-24-2006, 03:03 PM

Quote:

@anja - I take it you're using 2.00 as well then?

danzel my psp was FW 2.0 but i downgrade to 1.50...

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**danzel** · 01-24-2006, 03:31 PM

@planetusa - the line I used to configure libxml2 is:

Code:

CC=psp-gcc CXX=psp-g++ LIBS="-lpspdebug -lpspdisplay -lpspge -lc -lpspuser -lpspkernel" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/pspdev/psp/sdk/lib" ./configure--host=mips --with-minimum --without-threads --without-writer --without-modules --with-html --with-push

You could possibly do it with less, but thats what i needed.
You should look into the libxml2 stuff yourself, go read the docs and look at some examples (in particular: http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/docs/.../htmltitle.cc), you'll get a better understanding of it then, I think it will definately make your job easier.

@anja - okay, I think I know whats causing it, it happened a few times on my psp. I'll have a test later and see if I can fix it for the next version (Hopefully it's whats affecting 2.00 users too).

**Anja** · 01-24-2006, 04:10 PM

okay, i will hope the release of the updated version is coming today xD

please with "config.cfg" ^^
will put my own rss news in my psp ;D

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**danzel** · 01-26-2006, 04:09 AM

Yawn, release time again

WEBNAB 0.2
http://localhost.geek.nz/webnab/

Bit too tired to write anything much, but here goes.

Webnab is now a proper rss/atom feed reader.
You can add in your own feeds and stuff.
It is the awesome.
Get it now.
New screenshots on the site.

I played with the curl stuff a little, so if a 2.00 user (and anja

) could try it now and see if it goes (and how far it gets if it doesn't).
If it still doesn't work I'll upgrade to 2.00 in the weekend and have a hack at it.

If you have a feed that doesn't work properly post in here or pm me it and I'll have a look.
Also, any recommendations of feeds to add in as defaults in the next version will be considered

Danzel. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

README:

Quote:

webnab - Why eat Bananas, Not a browser.
Coded by danzel ( danzel at thing here localhost dot here geek dot here nz )
Gfx by LordSturm
Version 0.2

A general rss/atom reader.

Usage:
Install on psp as per normal homebrew.
Launch webnab
Choose a connection with x.
Choose a feed to read with x.
Choose a news Item with x.
Press O to leave the news Item.
Press Triangle to leave the feed.

Extra Usage:
The graphics can be changed (look in the webnab dir), make them the same size and it shouldn't crash

You can change the rss/atom feeds in webnab/feeds.txt, add them in the shown format.

To Do:
Add picture and mp3 download/viewing.
Add comment viewing on pspupdates.
Add more compliance to rss/atom parsers so we can parse better (wordpress blog feeds aren't that great currently).
Have a shave.
Clean up source code hacks.
Release under GPL (its not GPL licensed atm so don't ask for the code, I'll release it when I'm ready to)
Go to bed again :|

To Not Do:
Write a complete web browser.
Add anything I don't want to.
Sleep in tomorow ><"

Changelog:
0.2
zomg, quite polished looking almost.
Graphics.
Many Many Many Many Many Many..... improvements on the parser and special chars conversion.
Rss reader, Atom reader (probally both are a bit buggy :P)
pspupdates and slashdot are hardwired so they can get special treatment. <3

0.1:
initial reader, sort of hacky at everything

**FrozenIpaq** · 01-26-2006, 12:40 PM

Nice! Just had a chance to try this out! It works great and am liking it a lot

The only suggestion that I would ask is: The ability to change text color (white--black) as the background I use is a light background, and the white text does not show up well

**Cronos1388** · 01-26-2006, 01:11 PM

Nice, it would be really cool if you can get MP3 downloads working. This is a great app.

**omnirage** · 01-26-2006, 01:27 PM

On a 2.0, it only gets to the "Succesfully Resolved!" part and then it freezes up. Looks nice though

**danzel** · 01-26-2006, 02:01 PM

@FrozenIpaq - Good idea, I'll get that in the next version.

@Cronos1388 - Hopefully in the next version too

@omnirage - Thanks for trying it, I thought it would of locked up before then.
I'll have a look over the weekend.

**Bastion** · 01-26-2006, 02:32 PM

I need help adding RSS feeds. I added a CNN feed(copy and pasted) and it didn't work. Do I need to delete a previous feed?

**Sturmeh** · 01-26-2006, 02:46 PM

No to add a feed, specify what sort of feed it is ( feed or atom ) then give it a line ( no spaces plz ) then paste in the feed link...

To find out if it is atom or not, ususaly atom feeds are respresented by "atom.xml" whilst feeds are "feed.xml" or different.

Also i did the graphics ^_^ sorta, we sorta lost it, and now u can customize da background, i reccomend you use a darker background, also refrain from customizing the host page. ^_^

heh... anyone in favor for the monkeys?

**danzel** · 01-26-2006, 03:22 PM

@bastion - no you shouldn't have to remove a feed to add a new one, you should be able to add as many as you want

The line for a cnn feed should look like this:

Quote:

rss cnn_topstories http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss

**Anja** · 01-26-2006, 03:53 PM

resolving: blablablabla... *freeze*

*cry* will read RSS !!!! *danzel shake on*
I DOWNGRADE FOR YOUR HOMEBREW AND THAN, NOTHING !!!! *WRAAA* xD

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01-23-2006, 02:56 AM	#1
danzel Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 445 Trader Feedback: 0	webnab - Why eat Bananas, Not a browser Wee, time to release a new program. webnab - Why eat Bananas, Not a browser. Download 0.1 A Program that lets you read the front page news from a limited amount of news type sites, Currently: pspupdates (Parses front page) slashdot (rss feed) apple (rss feed) webnab official site To Do: Add more feeds. Add picture and comment viewing to pspupdates. Fix some characters. Add general rss reader (mostly done) Release under GPL (its not GPL licensed atm so don't ask for the code, I'll release it when I'm ready to) Go to bed. To Not Do: Write a complete web browser. Add anything I don't want to. Not tested on 2.00, should probally work... Any suggestions of feeds/sites/features to add, post em in this thread

01-23-2006, 06:18 AM	#3
Anja Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 124 Trader Feedback: 0	make an option to put own rss feed links in... than is this a best homebrew to wait for a browser !!! hmm... only "downloading feed" nothing more dont work on my psp cry __________________ [img]http://www.graphix4clans.de/ebanner.jpg[/img] Last edited by Anja; 01-23-2006 at 06:22 AM..

01-23-2006, 07:56 AM	#6
cools Developer Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 472 Trader Feedback: 0	add the edge of ihacked as well Nice App BTW! __________________ PSP Monopoly \| PSP Tic Tac Toe \| PSP eMail and SMS \| Drag Mini \| Block Dude http://www.cools.biaklan.com Currently Working on ????? Quote of the Week

01-23-2006, 08:48 AM	#7
Vaza Save The World vaza07 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bedford, England Posts: 1,389 Trader Feedback: 0	where did you get the name idea from? __________________

01-23-2006, 09:40 AM	#9
Koba Developer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 362 Trader Feedback: 0	denzel, you are one crazy dude lol, what a silly name! anyways, this is great, no more waiting to get home to keep up with pspupdates, connect and read on the go! __________________ Windows: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition... Personal Development Blog: http://keepitreal-dev.blogspot.com/

01-23-2006, 05:32 AM	#2
Master-Chief Enter Custom Title Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 530 Trader Feedback: 0	This is cool.. nice work!

01-23-2006, 06:31 AM	#4
pinktank Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 133 Trader Feedback: 0	add gizmodo engadget dapreview if possible

01-23-2006, 06:50 AM	#5
MemoryStick Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9 Trader Feedback: 0	Very Nice!

01-23-2006, 08:56 AM	#8
matriculated Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 508 Trader Feedback: 0	Dude, WEBNAB is an acronym for [W]hy [E]at [B]ananas [N]ot [A] web [B]rowser

01-23-2006, 12:23 PM	#11
spE*zero Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: houston Posts: 17 Trader Feedback: 0	This does not work for 2.00. i used the wifiloader and i tried it 3 times, it jus freezes at "downloading feed." and turns off or am i doing something wrong?? I dunno but nice work danzel. Cool app. 2.00 tester here, would be glad to test any apps on 2.00. Last edited by spEzero; 01-23-2006 at 12:37 PM..

01-23-2006, 12:29 PM	#12
danzel Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 445 Trader Feedback: 0	Thanks for testing that spE*zero, if you had your network settings all set up right (which im pretty certain you would) then it looks like it doesn't work on 2.00 Oh well, 2.00 people have the web browser to read the sites :P

01-23-2006, 07:38 PM	#13
Sturmeh Cool Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 1,301 Trader Feedback: 0	Moo! Heh, im doing a GUI for this app, and a new icon n stuff... yeh.. aWW now im feeling sorry for the people with 1.51 and 1.52... They are easily the worst firmwares. with the exeption of being able to downgrade, ( After updating to 2.00 ) So yeeeh, who da frak is still at 1.52 anyway, ill tell u who, the n00bs that bought a psp when it first came out and never even updated to 2.00, rofl. but they are in for some luck if htey have smart relatives... Last edited by LordSturm; 01-23-2006 at 08:44 PM..

01-24-2006, 01:43 PM	#17
danzel Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 445 Trader Feedback: 0	@planetusa - yeah, i'll pm you a link to some code later when I have some time. Its using libcurl and libxml2, libxml2 has a html parser built in, so it makes it quite easy to do things, check out the libcurl example which uses libxml2 and thats what I'm basically doing. @anja - I take it you're using 2.00 as well then? I'll take a look into it and release a test for 2.00 so I can find out whats happening. Its dropping out somewhere in libcurl by the looks of things.

01-24-2006, 02:34 PM	#18
planetusa Penguin Hunter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Asheville Posts: 126 Trader Feedback: 0	So I take it you successfully ported libxml2? How lightweight have you managed to get it? How well does it handle html that is incorrectly written (no closing tags, etc)? Michael

01-24-2006, 03:31 PM	#20
danzel Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 445 Trader Feedback: 0	@planetusa - the line I used to configure libxml2 is: Code: CC=psp-gcc CXX=psp-g++ LIBS="-lpspdebug -lpspdisplay -lpspge -lc -lpspuser -lpspkernel" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/pspdev/psp/sdk/lib" ./configure--host=mips --with-minimum --without-threads --without-writer --without-modules --with-html --with-push You could possibly do it with less, but thats what i needed. You should look into the libxml2 stuff yourself, go read the docs and look at some examples (in particular: http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/docs/.../htmltitle.cc), you'll get a better understanding of it then, I think it will definately make your job easier. @anja - okay, I think I know whats causing it, it happened a few times on my psp. I'll have a test later and see if I can fix it for the next version (Hopefully it's whats affecting 2.00 users too).

01-24-2006, 04:10 PM	#21
Anja Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 124 Trader Feedback: 0	okay, i will hope the release of the updated version is coming today xD please with "config.cfg" ^^ will put my own rss news in my psp ;D __________________

01-26-2006, 12:40 PM	#23
FrozenIpaq QJ Gamer Gold Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,986 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice! Just had a chance to try this out! It works great and am liking it a lot The only suggestion that I would ask is: The ability to change text color (white--black) as the background I use is a light background, and the white text does not show up well __________________ Do you know who I am?

01-26-2006, 01:11 PM	#24
Cronos1388 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hoboken, NJ Posts: 367 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice, it would be really cool if you can get MP3 downloads working. This is a great app.

01-26-2006, 01:27 PM	#25
omnirage Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 471 Trader Feedback: 0	On a 2.0, it only gets to the "Succesfully Resolved!" part and then it freezes up. Looks nice though

01-26-2006, 02:01 PM	#26
danzel Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 445 Trader Feedback: 0	@FrozenIpaq - Good idea, I'll get that in the next version. @Cronos1388 - Hopefully in the next version too @omnirage - Thanks for trying it, I thought it would of locked up before then. I'll have a look over the weekend.

01-26-2006, 02:32 PM	#27
Bastion Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 35 Trader Feedback: 0	I need help adding RSS feeds. I added a CNN feed(copy and pasted) and it didn't work. Do I need to delete a previous feed?

01-26-2006, 02:46 PM	#28
Sturmeh Cool Developer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 1,301 Trader Feedback: 0	Noip No to add a feed, specify what sort of feed it is ( feed or atom ) then give it a line ( no spaces plz ) then paste in the feed link... To find out if it is atom or not, ususaly atom feeds are respresented by "atom.xml" whilst feeds are "feed.xml" or different. Also i did the graphics ^_^ sorta, we sorta lost it, and now u can customize da background, i reccomend you use a darker background, also refrain from customizing the host page. ^_^ heh... anyone in favor for the monkeys?

01-26-2006, 03:53 PM	#30
Anja Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 124 Trader Feedback: 0	resolving: blablablabla... freeze cry will read RSS !!!! danzel shake on I DOWNGRADE FOR YOUR HOMEBREW AND THAN, NOTHING !!!! WRAAA xD __________________