PanGalactic Monkey 👽🐵

A remote‑friendly, full‑featured web browser built specifically for Amazon Fire TV and Android TV. No mouse. No keyboard. Just a remote — and the whole internet.

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Introducing Slim & Chunky!

The PanGalactic Monkey browser family now comes in two editions, each designed for different needs while sharing the same core experience.

🐒 PanGalactic Monkey Slim (WebView Edition ~3MB)

The original lightweight browser — now officially named Slim.

• Built on Android WebView
• Ultra‑tiny footprint (~3MB)
• Fast, simple, minimal
• Universal compatibility across all Android devices
• Ideal for users who want speed and minimal storage usage

🦍 PanGalactic Monkey Chunky (GeckoView Edition ~90MB)

The new heavyweight version — Chunky — powered by GeckoView.

• Full Firefox extension (.xpi) support
  • uBlock Origin
  • Tampermonkey
  • Any compatible Firefox extension
• More powerful rendering engine
• Better standards support
• Same familiar Monkey interface
• Requires correct 32‑bit or 64‑bit build (download both if unsure)

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✨ Unified Core Features (Slim + Chunky)

PanGalactic Monkey provides a complete TV‑optimized browsing experience across both Slim (WebView) and Chunky (GeckoView). All new features and improvements are fully merged below.

🖱️ Dual Navigation Modes

• Cursor Mode — on‑screen cursor controlled with the D‑pad
• Tab Navigation Mode — highlight‑based navigation without a cursor
• Instant toggle via Play/Pause or the top bar
• Smooth GPU‑accelerated cursor movement with natural velocity ramping
• Continuous movement system using Choreographer.FrameCallback
• Slim: Includes cursor speed control (+1 fine‑tune, +5 via Fire remote)
• Chunky: Cursor speed control coming later

🗂️ Multiple Tabs

• Unlimited independent tabs
• Tab switcher with close, switch, and new tab options
• Tabs respect dynamic JavaScript settings

🔖 Bookmarks

• One‑tap star icon
• Full bookmark manager
• Add from menu or top bar

🕘 History

• Tracks your last 20 pages
• Delete individual entries or clear all

🕵️ Private Browsing

• No cookies
• No history
• Auto‑clears on exit

⬇️ Download Manager

• Confirm downloads before saving
• Shows full file path
• Install / Open / Delete actions
• Custom download location support
• Works identically in Slim & Chunky

📸 Long‑Press Save

• Hold OK for ~0.5s
• Save images, videos, audio, PDFs, and direct file links

🏠 Custom Homepage

• One‑tap home button
• Fully configurable

🔍 Zoom In / Out

• Quick access from the menu

⚙️ JavaScript Toggle

• JavaScript ON/OFF switch with persistent storage
• Loads JS preference before first tab opens
• Tabs dynamically respect JS state
• New menu item: JavaScript: ON/OFF

🖥️ Request Desktop Site

• Toggle desktop user‑agent mode
• Uses full desktop UA:
  Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
• Improves compatibility with desktop‑optimized websites

🛡️ Ad‑Block Support (Slim Only)

• Enabled by default
• Uses EasyList
• Supports custom filter lists
• Multiple presets including “annoyances”
• Long‑press hyperlinks to copy filterlist URLs or .txt list URLs

✔️ Whitelist Support (Slim Only)

• Per‑site ad whitelisting
• Toggle ads on/off for individual domains

📜 Userscript Support

Slim (Built‑in)

• Install from .js links
• Install from device
• Install from URL
• Full userscript manager

Chunky (Extension‑based)

• Use Tampermonkey (.xpi)
• No built‑in engine (by design)

🧩 Extension Support (Chunky Only)

• Works with any compatible Firefox extension
• Install from .xpi links
• Install from URL
• Full extensions manager
• Replaces built‑in adblock/userscript/user agent engines

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🆚 Slim vs Chunky — Comparison Table

Feature	Slim (WebView)	Chunky (GeckoView)
Engine	WebView	GeckoView
Size	~3MB	~90MB
Extensions	❌ None	✅ Full Firefox (.xpi)
Ad‑Block	✅ Built‑in (EasyList)	✔️ Use uBlock Origin extension
Userscripts	✅ Built‑in	✔️ Use Standalone extension
Performance	Fast & lightweight	Heavy but powerful
Compatibility	Universal	Requires correct 32/64‑bit build
Ideal For	Minimalist users	Power users / extension lovers

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🎮 Remote Control Guide

Button	Action
🕹️ D‑Pad	Move cursor / navigate links
✅ OK (tap)	Click
✅ OK (hold)	Save media
◀️ Back (tap)	Go back / exit
◀️ Back (hold)	Jump to URL bar
⏯️ Play/Pause	Toggle Cursor vs Tab Nav
⏪⏩ Rewind / Fast Forward	Page back / forward
☰ Menu	Open menu

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🧭 Top Bar

⌂ Home · URL Bar · ★ Bookmark · ◀ ▶ Back/Forward · ↻ Reload · Scripts (Slim Only) · Cursor ON/OFF · Tabs (n) · ☰ Menu

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☰ Menu Options

View Bookmarks · Add Current Page · Change Homepage · Downloads · Change Download Location · History · Private Browsing · Zoom In/Out · Cursor & Scroll Speed · JavaScript ON/OFF Ad Block Filters (Slim Only) · Whitelist Current Site (Slim Only) · Manage Whitelist (Slim Only) · Extensions (Chunky Only) ·

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⚙️ Technical Notes

Click to expand engineering details 🔧

Slim (WebView)

• Native Android WebView with isolated per‑tab instances

Chunky (GeckoView)

• Full GeckoView integration
• Extension manager for .xpi installs

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📦 Package Info

Key	Value
Package	com.example.tvbrowser
Min Android	5.0 (API 21)
Platform	Fire TV / Android TV

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Made for exploring the galaxy, one webpage at a time.