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CITA — Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:37 am

Author: CITA
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:37 am

Given the problems with spam attacks, I've decided to close the forum down. You will still be able to contact us via the 'Contact Us' page on the www.seeita.com we site.

Andy

Internet Explorer 9

CITA — Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:20 am

Author: CITA
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:20 am

The Ten Foot Browser doesn't implement a specific version. Instead it uses the API of whichever version of IE is present on the system.

As far as I know it works fine with IE9 - that's what I use it with at the moment.

It's possible that the API implements a right-click interface from an older version, but the rendering engine should be the same.

Are you seeing something specific that is not working properly with IE9?

Internet Explorer 9

Robert Parker — Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:12 pm

Author: Robert Parker
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:12 pm

Are there any plans to upgrade the Ten Foot Browser to a newer version of Internet Explorer ? (currently IE7)

thanks

Escape button leaving fullscreen

Robert Parker — Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:48 am

Author: Robert Parker
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:48 am

Thanks ! the Green and Blue teletext buttons also work for me...

I've updated the review of the Ten Foot Browser with this help, http://tv-true.org/platforms/ten-foot-browser.html

Escape button leaving fullscreen

Andy Henderson — Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:23 pm

Author: Andy Henderson
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:23 pm

The teletext key does it for me - although I'll be honest I don't know why.

The clear button generates an escape key, but it looks like flash player insists it comes from a keyboard.

Andy

Escape button leaving fullscreen

Robert Parker — Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:11 pm

Author: Robert Parker
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:11 pm

If you select the "play in fullscreen" button of flash programmes from iplayer/bigscreen youtube.com/xl - is there a way to send the "escape" key to return to the small player screen?
When in fullscreen I cant bring up the TFB menu to select the Remote Mouse (and shift-F3 doesnt work either)

cheers

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

dreesje — Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:03 pm

Author: dreesje
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:03 pm

Thank you very much,

I checked the new version with the commandline argument and it works exactly as I would like it. With these solutions I can use the TenFootBrowser the way I'd like in my Mediaportal environment.

Thank you again for your great support.

Kind regards,
Dreesje

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

Andy Henderson — Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:07 pm

Author: Andy Henderson
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:07 pm

I've posted a new version of the Version34Beta.zip file that implements the command line argument you are looking for. The code doesn't perform any validation so, if you get a navigation error in the browser, check the value you are passing.

The parameter doesn't need to specify the scheme, so www.seeita.com is a valid parameter. I suggest, however, you include the scheme anyway; so www.seeita.com becomes http://www.seeita.com.

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

dreesje — Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:28 am

Author: dreesje
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:28 am

I've checked the secondary display feature with the beta version of version 3.4 and I can confirm that it works for me.

I've created a Personal.TenFootBrowserSettings.xml with the following lines in it :
<settings>
<preferredScreen>2</preferredScreen>
</settings>

I didn't know where to put this file, but at least it worked when I put it in the same directory where I installed the TenFootBrowser.

I did different checks, also the check for the "revert to the primary screen" in case the screen is invalid and everything works as expected.
Thank you very much for this solution.

Do you also have a solution for the second question I asked you?

Quote:

The second option i'd like to have is starting the browser from a commandline with the url option, so the browser will open directly with this page (also useful for my mediaportal setup)

What I mean by this is that with f.e. Internet Explorer you have the ability to start directly with the google webpage by executing from the commandline: iexplore www.google.com

Kind regards,
dreesje

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

Andy Henderson — Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:43 pm

Author: Andy Henderson
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:43 pm

I've uploaded a beta version of version 3.4 to the web site. You can download it from www.SeeITA.com/TF/Version34Beta.zip.

This version includes a number of improvements including the multi-screen stuff and a much improved bittorrent client.

Before you do anything though, close all the Ten Foot programs down and please make a backup copy of the Ten Foot programs folder (by default C:\Program Files\CITA\Ten Foot Products) and your settings folder (under Vista, that's C:\Users\Your name\AppData\Roaming\CITA - NB, AppData is a hidden folder; you might need to update folder options to see it).

You can then overwrite the contents of the Ten Foot programs folder with the contents of the Version34Beta.zip file.

To start any of the apps on a different screen create a personal settings folder containing the following:

<settings>
<preferredScreen>2</preferredScreen>
</settings>

All the personal settings files have the format: Personal.[product name]Settings.xml. For example, the ten foot browser personal settings folder is: Personal.TenFootBrowserSettings.xml

The preferred screen setting causes the product to try to use the specified Windows screen. Screen 1 is the primary screen, so screen 2 is probably the right one for you. If it's invalid, the program reverts to the primary screen, so you might need to experiment with different values.

Let me know how you get on.

Andy

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

dreesje — Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:45 am

Author: dreesje
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:45 am

Thank you for your quick response.
As soon as this version is available i'll try it

Kind regards,
dreesje

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

Andy Henderson — Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:31 pm

Author: Andy Henderson
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:31 pm

I did prepare a version that seemed to work but I didn't get any feedback from Mod1Fy. I'll dig out the change I made so you can give it a try.

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

dreesje — Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:32 pm

Author: dreesje
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:32 pm

I'm also interested in the ability to start the browser on my secondary display for the same reason as mentioned in the post of Mod1Fy.
Is this already possible, since I'm not able to do this.

The second option i'd like to have is starting the browser from a commandline with the url option, so the browser will open directly with this page (also useful for my mediaportal setup)

Kind regards,
Dreesje

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

Mod1Fy — Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:00 am

Author: Mod1Fy
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:00 am

Thanks for the reply.

I had to install the newest flash in IE. Never occurred to me as I use firefox.
I'll send you an email now for a test version.

Thanks
James

Starting Ten Foot Browser on a second screen

Andy Henderson — Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:11 pm

Author: Andy Henderson
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:11 pm

Mod1Fy wrote:

I am using mediaportal and have my tv hooked to my PC via DVI to HDMI.
When I start Ten Foot Product from mediaportal using multishortcut plugin they start on the PC screen in my other room. I need to be able to let the program know to start on my secondary display much like you can in the general options of the mediaportal config.

That's a good idea. I'll look into it but I don't have a set up to test it on. If you drop me a note (Andy at SeeITA.com) I'll send you a version to try.

Mod1Fy wrote:

The other thing is I can't view flash content such as sites like youtube. How do I get flash working with this browser.

I've not had any problems with flash sites. It might be because you don't have the plug in installed. Try using IE directly to go to a flash site and see if you get the download prompt. Otherwise, can you let me know a specific page so I can investigate further (I tried youtube and it worked fine for me).