I want Browservice to be available also for touch-devices

[Rahith-Ahsan]

I have an old iPad and can't run modern websites on it, so I use Browservice to load them. The only problem is that it is not optimized for touch; I have to use an external keyboard for text input. Can you please make it touch-friendly and put an on-screen keyboard so it is easier to use Browservice on touch devices? Please also add the following two things: make it cross-compatible, meaning I can copy URLs from my main browser to Browservice and vice versa, and file uploads are not supported on touch devices (such as my iPad), so please take this into consideration as well.

[Xeddius]

Making it "cross-compatible" requires clipboard management/monitoring/interoperability which is way too heavy to work with vintage browsers and would break compatibility, File uploads are also not relevant as it's not a feature that can be implemented without breaking or making browservice unusable on most devices.

If you need to browse specific urls, you can always put them at the end of the browservice url like browserviceipaddress/goto/yoururlhere.com
obviously replacing browserviceipaddress with whatever you use, and yoururlhere.com with whatever site you want to visit.

As for on screen keyboards, that's also pretty out of scope here currently, I'm sure it could be implemented if someone had the time but don't count on it. In the meantime you'd be better off finding an alternative like a cheap bluetooth keyboard for your ipad.

Depending on what you're trying to do, there is also the option of trying something like https://neko.m1k1o.net and setting it up with file upload capability, You'll probably still have to use an external keyboard to type (or another computer) but it gives you a shared browser you can view on other devices and interact with, it also does have clipboard sharing via a little clickable icon and paste zone.

It's also open source and can be found at https://github.com/m1k1o/neko alternatively, but the site has more documentation, etc.

[Rahith-Ahsan]

At least please put the touchscreen keyboard on it so that I can also use it without a keyboard.

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