Luka Birsa: Building A Buttonless Web Kit Thinclient Device Thingyyy
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Building a buttonless WebKit thinclient device thingyyy Luka Birsa, [email protected], @lukabirsa Founder, Visionect d.o.o.
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Building a buttonless WebKit thinclient device thingyyy
Luka Birsa, [email protected], @lukabirsa Founder, Visionect d.o.o.
Agenda
• BrowserOS. • WebKit. • Building your own handheld device. • Demo + Q&A
Why browser OS?
• Lots of existing solutions. • Lots of new web 3.14 stuff. • Lots of people developers. • Fastttttt development with cool tools.
…
Other reasons.
• Layout engine. • Yet another thing to learn. • Why compile? • Single point of failure.
Existing stuff.
• Palm WebOS
Existing stuff.
• Google ChromeOS
Don‘t reinvent the wheel, use existing stuff!
Use WebKit!
Pick your reason: • Apple uses it, it has to be cool! • Google uses it, it has to be cool! • Try other solutions, see how badly they
suck.
WebKit FTW. Seriously.
A handheld eInk device??? WTF?
Why? (what about android, embedded linux, ebook readers)
A handheld eInk device??? WTF? • Long autonomy. (y) • Cheappppppppppppp. (not so much) • Robust. (y) • Universal. (y)
Wireless thin client.
• Upgradeability. • Processing power. • Without WiFi, ZigBee, …?
(Are you mad?)
Building yourself a device.
It‘s simple! (not really)
Building yourself a device.
Design hardware. (cheap, easy, fast)
Building yourself a device.
Build hardware. (getting things, internals, externals)
Building yourself a device.
Create software. (reuse, reuse, reuse)
Building yourself a device.
PROFIT!!!!!! (if you‘re not too late)
Device demo.
It‘s working after 6 12 18 months.
Questions & Extra.
1. How to include your WebKit. (@Napsy (Luka Napotnik) @webcamplj.) 2. Looking for UX UI WD (call me ;) 3. Find me if you‘re thinking about your custom hardware.
