DSHobro 0.3 released!

I am glad to announce the release of DSHobro 0.3
This new version comes with the following changes:

• Automatic network configuration. You no longer need to enter your IP address & port, it will detect them and connect automatically!
  
• Flash animations, Java and ActiveX are now allowed. It means your PC will download and start/play them, but your DS will still only receive an image of the animation, not the animation itself. It's still useful for menus or sites that are made 100% in Flash. There's one downside though: in flash videos, the sound is outputted on the PC! I can't prevent it. But why would you want to watch videos anyway... since you could only get 1 frame every 5 or 10 seconds.
• Basic text input is implemented. Basic, because all you can do is: 1) write text with the virtual keyboard; the text is visible on the DS screen until you decide to send it to the PC by touching the ENTER key. 2) erase the whole text in a text field, by sending the keyword :erase to the PC. See, this is basic, but it still works and you should be able to post messages in forums with this.
• The "Wifi Transfer" icons now show up every time there is a WiFi communication between your PC and your DS. When the icon blinks, it means you have just sent or received a new data block.
• "Fatal errors" are no longer fatal. You should be able to resume your connection when an error occurs. I was unfortunately unable to produce any of these error myself, so I had to simulate them (generate an error). I can't promise the connection will be resumed in any case.
  

Download DSHobro 0.3 here:
http://gbatemp.net/up/dshobro03.zip

As always, I strongly recommend that you DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE FROM ANOTHER SERVER. Ill-intentioned people could replace the .exe file inside this zip package by a virus/trojan/spyware...

Enjoy this new version!
Costello

DSHobro's first public release

I've compiled an alpha version of DSHobro. It contains both the PC server application, and the DS homebrew client.

So, what's available in this version?
- connection & authentication
- visit any website by entering the URL with the virtual keyboard
- you can clic on the page

See, it's very basic. I haven't implemented scrolling yet, and I also need to make a zoom feature, because for now it's absolutely impossible to read the text See, this is what I like to call a "proof of concept" version. In its current state you won't have any real use for it, but you can still have a little fun and find the thousands of bugs. Yeah, it's not very stable but this is mainly due to the relative lack of reliability of the DS WiFi libraries & wrappers, and more generally the DS WiFi hardware components.

Also, you can use the browser remotely. For example, if you start the server application on your PC, go out and connect to a WiFi hotspot with your DS, you'll still be able to use the browser by connecting to your PC, that is if you know your PC's IP address!

To download DSHobro click here:
http://gbatemp.net/up/DSHobro.zip
<!> Since this ZIP file contains a .exe application, I recommend you do NOT download it unless the file is hosted on GBAtemp.net (my web server). Also, you can check the CRC32 of the .exe file which should be F79A9AA1.

<!> You don't need to DLDI-patch the homebrew. It doesn't need to load or save anything (yay, means it won't corrupt your card).

I will probably not update DSHobro simply because I'm starting a much more interesting project which, as I said before, will include a web browser. I'll let you know more as soon as I'm allowed to!

Costello.