The compo has ended!
Goal:
To create a web browser using your preferred language in 168 hours or less. The votes will be public so there are no instructions as such that you must follow, but here's some suggestions that might help you out:
Try to be original; people like originality.
Don't worry about getting everything in the parser. Sometimes more is less, and you're not going to be able to do much more than the minimal stuff anyway, so focus on keeping it simple (i.e. basic text display, usage of links and so on).
Have fun! It's all about the fun.
Rules:
1.The parser that will break up webpages to be rendered must be coded by you, so no plugins that directly allow for html parsing. However, plugins that allow for string manipulation alone are fine to use.
2.The page rendering must also be done by you. This means that you can't use any OS-provided GUI stuffs (i.e. Buttons, text boxes, text/rich text boxes, labels etc). You can however, create your own GUI using commands provided by one of the allowed languages, as long as they are not OS GUI stuffs again (so you can use the box, text, paste image (etc) commands for say, DBP).
3.Any plugins used must be freely available. No usage of a plugin that must be purchased.
4.The source code must be provided with a compiled EXE when submitting your entry.
5.Working in a team is fine, but the prize will have to be shared between the winners; there's only one prize.
6.Have fun. If you're not having fun then your entry will be removed.
Judging:
Entries can be judged immediately after the competition ends and will be done so by posting the name of the person who you want to vote for (i.e. 'I vote for Mnemtards entry.')
Prizes:
1st - 1gb xenmedia.org subdomain & FTP (with thanks to Xenocythe)
2nd - 100mb devaug.com subdomain & FTP
If anyone wants to submit any other prizes for 2nd and 3rd place, please contact me (ideally before the compo ends).
The competition starts at midnight tonight, so 12:00am GMT. It ends at the same time next week, giving everyone 168 hours (1 week). The winner will be declared a further 48 hours after the competition ends.
Please post your entries in this thread. A link to a page on devaug listing all of the entries and providing downloads to them will be given when time is up.
Happy coding!
PS, if you feel like talking to any of the other people who are entering this fun little compo, pop onto the devhat irc network (home of #darkbasic) and say "hai!" in #lobby
url: irc://irc.devhat.net/#lobby
You are not alone.
