[gopher] Gopher client for Android TV sticks/boxes would be fun

[Kevin Veroneau]

Hello,

  Awhile back I made a gopher client for XBMC/Kodi, a home media centre software, that may I add currently runs on my Sony Android TV.  So, theoretically there already exists a gopher client for android TV.  Just download Kodi from the Play store, place the gopher client ZIP file onto a USB stick into your TV and sideload the add-on.  You can find it on my gopherspace below along with screenshots.

Check out my XBMC gopher client for now: gopher://gopher.veroneau.net/1library/XBMC

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Sent:January 9, 2016 8:02 AM
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Subject:[gopher] Gopher client for Android TV sticks/boxes would be fun

Hi,

I've bought a WeTek Core box yesterday. This is an "Android box" , a
little set-top box powered by Android. If you're unfamiliar with those
devices, think AppleTV but with Android and a *lot* less polish ;-). 
Those relatively low-cost devices exist in several different flavors,
like USB-sticks and use cheap processors that have fairly simple
integrated GPUs.

After playing with it for awhile, I think a good Gopher client that
understands the UI limitations of such remote-controlled devices, would
probably work very well, especially if the main UI would work well
without an air-mouse.

When coupled with a Raspberry PI-alike-powered Gopher server located in
your same house, I can think of several fun projects.

I know Android TV exists, but I have not seen it in action yet, I'd
imagine that would be an even better fit for a Gopher client.

Still, I'll toy with Android box/stick idea once my JavaFX desktop GUI
client is ready for GitHub. I hope somewhere this or next week.

Regards,
Vincent

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