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[APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:04 pm
by criptych
As the title says, it's a browser app for the popular website FanFiction.Net. It isn't quite finished (and certainly not as polished as I'd like) but I'm putting it up now in case I can't post the final version by the deadline. To add/change the splash screen, modify splash.<png/jpg/gif> (they are tried in that order).

Updated! Again! Signed EBOOT, more bug fixes, and line scrolling as requested.

Download is available here. If you encounter any bugs or errors, please post what you can about it here.
README.TXT wrote:

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FanFiction.Net Browser by Criptych
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An unofficial PSP browser for the popular website FanFiction.Net.
It currently allows you to do the following:
    * Browse fanfiction by category
    * Search by author name or story title/summary
    * View category and author feeds
    * Read stories with basic formatting (bold, italic, underline)

Controls are listed at the bottom of the screen except:
    * Up/Down - move up/down one line
    * Left/Right - move up/down one screen
        (for lists: to top/bottom if not already there)
    * Start & Select - not used

To add/remove/change splash image:
    Replace file "SPLASH.JPG" in the folder containing EBOOT.PBP.

Thanks go out to InsertWittyName, hlide, MrMr[iCE], and the many others at the
LuaPlayer and PS2DEV forums for their help and support while I fumbled my way
toward learning to develop for the PSP.  You're the ones who made this possible.

Known bugs/issues:
    * Screen flickers sometimes, especially in system dialogs - in extreme cases
      may black out every other keypress (seems to be a vsync problem?)

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(Token attempt at an actual) Changelog:

1.0b - PSP Genesis Competition update 2
    added listbox and titlebar scrolling for text wider than the screen
    fixed font glitches, enabled accented and replacement characters

1.0a - PSP Genesis Competition update
    changed word-wrap algorithm, a little bigger and slower but looks nicer
    fixed incorrect search results matching
    more minor bug fixes

1.0 - PSP Genesis Competition release
    added search function!
    added optional splash image to replace "Loading" screen (for compo)
    added crash handler, saves database if an error occurs
    added highlighting of new/updated stories (in feed and library views)
    added heirarchial category browsing and updated category list
    added download progress shows current chapter
    changed default font to Ubuntu (was Vera Sans)
    removed analog scrolling (buggy and not really worth it D: )
    fixed "update feed" function requiring a manual reload
    fixed GUI to only update as needed
    bunch of other minor bug fixes

0.5 - internal update
    added analog scrolling
    added search placeholder to remind me to finish it...
    enabled "connect to last AP automatically" (like web browser)
    switched from PGE to PLUG (a sort-of PGE mod)
    bug fixes

0.1 - initial (beta) release
    broke program up into modules
    cleaned up GUI, added button icons and themes
    bug fixes

0.0 - test version for personal use
    original program, in my typical "one big chunka code" style :)
    created with PGE!
Addendum: New bug in the Categories view (or maybe an old bug I hadn't noticed before): using L/R to skip to previous/next letter doesn't scroll properly if the new selection is offscreen.

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:37 pm
by toBsucht
It does work if it is signed(EasyPBPRX_1.0.0.3) but i have no wifi and idk FanFiction. Good luck!

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 3:57 pm
by criptych
toBsucht wrote:It does work if it is signed(EasyPBPRX_1.0.0.3) but i have no wifi and idk FanFiction. Good luck!
Well, I'm not sure how to test signed homebrew since I use CFW 5.50 GEN-D3, but as for wifi, it connects automatically as necessary (and you can turn it back off with the switch).

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:47 pm
by keane
Cool very nice!! :D

Do you go on fanfiction?

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:56 pm
by toBsucht
ffn signed (and shrinked) http://www.mediafire.com/?fvdtv9w5aek4fto maybe you add a proll and ask the forum user if it does work well with ofw. If i conect my PsP with wifi to the www i hacked my neighborhoods wpa :twisted: network

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:50 am
by nisarg_kolhe
This sucks!You can improve it a lot. I wasn't even able to explore it as when i press down button it goes 2-3 steps down! and pressing down sometimes works as pressing O! See to it ;)

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:10 am
by ..Warrior..
i dont get this. is it like netfront browser?

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:22 pm
by criptych
keane wrote:Do you go on fanfiction?
Occasionally, and more with this than through the website. There's a lot of garbage, but you can find some great stuff there, too. ;)
toBsucht wrote:ffn signed (and shrinked) http://www.mediafire.com/?fvdtv9w5aek4fto maybe you add a proll and ask the forum user if it does work well with ofw. If i conect my PsP with wifi to the www i hacked my neighborhoods wpa :twisted: network
Thanks, I'm sure that will help a lot of people. :D But you'll have to update it now!
nisarg_kolhe wrote:This sucks!You can improve it a lot. I wasn't even able to explore it as when i press down button it goes 2-3 steps down! and pressing down sometimes works as pressing O! See to it ;)
I know the GUI especially needs a lot of improvement, but I've never seen it do anything like that before. Can you give me some more details? Maybe it's a hardware issue; does this happen to you in other games or apps?
..Warrior.. wrote:i dont get this. is it like netfront browser?
Not that general, more like the PSN store - it retrieves and displays a particular set of information from a particular site, and lets you download content to your PSP for offline use.

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 6:25 am
by nisarg_kolhe
criptych wrote:
nisarg_kolhe wrote:This sucks!You can improve it a lot. I wasn't even able to explore it as when i press down button it goes 2-3 steps down! and pressing down sometimes works as pressing O! See to it ;)
I know the GUI especially needs a lot of improvement, but I've never seen it do anything like that before. Can you give me some more details? Maybe it's a hardware issue; does this happen to you in other games or apps?
No it only happened in this app i press down/up button 1 time and it goes 2-3 steps up/down.and when i select some item by pressing X and then press down it gets back just as the button O would do!

Re: [APP] FanFiction.Net Browser

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 1:52 pm
by toBsucht
I hope u can understand that i can not sign "all" updates please do this by yourself with psp or your pc thx.
ffn update 1 signed (shrinked) http://www.mediafire.com/?4jo5iofuibfebn5