Gemini Browser for J2ME phones
I've been working on a little experimental browser for J2ME phones, its still in very early development. https://github.com/aspizu/j2me-browser How many of you guys still use a j2me phone, or would use one as a dumb phone?
☕️ aspizu [Average programmer, bad musician.]
Apr 26 · 2 months ago · 👍 lufte
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👻 darkghost · Apr 26 at 16:30:
I don't consider myself amongst the potential users but I think this is an important effort. I fantasize about the day I don't need to use my personal phone for work stuff and CAN downgrade to a dumb phone.
🐝 undefined · Apr 26 at 17:11:
I actually was interested in trying to program for those phones for nostalgia reasons (btw I've never heard the term j2me when they were popular). What's the experience like for you, with tooling and everything?
☕️ aspizu [OP...] · Apr 26 at 17:31:
its actually great, we use the eclipse IDE so its pretty normal development, the java version is really old and lacks a lot of features, doesnt even have type-safe vectors (the item type is just Object you need to cast it before using) and there is no for each loops. debugging on the emulator is great but each phone behaves slightly differently so on the phones its a pain to debug, i only have one java phone currently and its really bad performance one so i dont really have experience with running the app on anything else
I would love to be able to use a dumbphone.
but Im too used to things like paying with my phone and without a GPS Im not able to go anywhere... (there are not more small pocket maps in sell here)
☕️ aspizu [OP...] · Apr 26 at 18:14:
here in india you can pay via UPI on a dumbphone by calling *99# and entering details and pin
I just learned the exsitance of J2ME from your post, did a bit of search. Is there a libre implmentation of J2ME? It sounds like a good platform for permacomputing?
🐝 undefined · Apr 27 at 04:22:
Oh yeah I remember now how they used to have a different installer for every common resolution. And then some phones that had an uncommon resolution (like blackberry) would then try to pretend to be one of the regular ones. Sounds like such a mess, I love it! I really should get one to try it out.
☕️ dariolob · Apr 28 at 10:27:
@aspizu This is great! I was looking for something like this and even made a thread here on BBS some time ago. I can’t help with the development itself, but I have a small collection of J2ME-compatible phones that I can test the app with :)
☕️ aspizu [OP...] · Apr 28 at 17:54:
@dariolob that would be great, are you on the nnproject telegram?
☕️ dariolob · Apr 29 at 22:09:
@aspizu not yet! :) do you have a link?
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