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Let Me See if I Have This Right....

So...in order to create a Widget that will fetch a webpage, the contents of the webpage would
have to be converted to Javascript as Yahoo Connected TV only understands Javascript?
Is that right or am I way out in left field somewhere?

Thanks,

Ray

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  • A simple model of Yahoo! connected TV applications is that they are DB browsers. A web service, not a web page, needs to exist or be built that delivers content to the TV in JSON format that the TV can display for the user. (Other formats are possible, but JSON is the best supported format.) The nature of the television as a device, and the remote control as a device, and due to the other content on the TV, and the environment the TV is used in all collaborate to make the nature of TV applications somewhat different from web browser or desktop applications. Imagine that your app is competing for your users attention with this seasons top TV shows and movies.

    You do not need to translate web pages to Javascript. You need to extract the right level of detail from the content you wish to provide, build or locate a service to deliver the content, and build (in Javascript) a TV application to present the content to the user.
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  • QUOTE (jsl4tv @ Dec 21 2010, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    A simple model of Yahoo! connected TV applications is that they are DB browsers. A web service, not a web page, needs to exist or be built that delivers content to the TV in JSON format that the TV can display for the user. (Other formats are possible, but JSON is the best supported format.) The nature of the television as a device, and the remote control as a device, and due to the other content on the TV, and the environment the TV is used in all collaborate to make the nature of TV applications somewhat different from web browser or desktop applications. Imagine that your app is competing for your users attention with this seasons top TV shows and movies.

    You do not need to translate web pages to Javascript. You need to extract the right level of detail from the content you wish to provide, build or locate a service to deliver the content, and build (in Javascript) a TV application to present the content to the user.


    Thanks for the reply...makes a little more sense but you say I do not need to translate web pages to javascript. Most webpages are HTML, no?
    So for instance if I wanted Yahoo Connect to display the home page of Yahoo....this is where I am somewhat confused.

    Thanks,

    Ray
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  • You need to create or find services that deliver data to the TV in JSON format, then write Javascript code to render that JSON on the TV. The Yahoo! TV isn't aimed at rendering web pages.
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  • QUOTE (jsl4tv @ Dec 21 2010, 12:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    You need to create or find services that deliver data to the TV in JSON format, then write Javascript code to render that JSON on the TV. The Yahoo! TV isn't aimed at rendering web pages.


    Deliver data to the TV is JavaScript or JSON...with JSON being the preferred?

    Now the cloud is beginning to dissipate...

    Thanks

    Ray.
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  • JSON has much better performance than using XML.

    So - Use JSON and you will be good.

    We have a bunch of examples and tools available at http://www.widgetrealm.com/developers if you want to checkout our free resources to developers.
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