Well, the browser is a damned handy thing... with serious limitations. It's not really much good for modern web content, but it is a great way to download files to your Apple II. You can use the wget program to download files to Contiki's directory or disk images can be written directly to disk. I think it's safe to say that most of the other applications are proof-of-concept only... I've had limited success with email and ftp. Unfortunately the telnet app isn't much use, which is a shame because it would actually be quite handy if it was a bit better developed.
As for Contiki 2.x, I believe it does still support the browser and gui, but no one's got round to porting the various programs (other than the web server) yet. There doesn't seem to be much interest in the Apple II community as far as development goes, which is a shame...
WRT the web server... well, it's surprisingly robust! Needs rebooting maybe once a month and has survived several hundred hits per day for short periods. Mine's running off a single Disk ][ floppy, so it's as low-spec as it could be (unless contiki could be patched to load from tape!)... I imagine running it from a CFFA or hard drive would be quite a bit faster -- though not as much fun.
As for Contiki 2.x, I believe it does still support the browser and gui, but no one's got round to porting the various programs (other than the web server) yet. There doesn't seem to be much interest in the Apple II community as far as development goes, which is a shame...
WRT the web server... well, it's surprisingly robust! Needs rebooting maybe once a month and has survived several hundred hits per day for short periods. Mine's running off a single Disk ][ floppy, so it's as low-spec as it could be (unless contiki could be patched to load from tape!)... I imagine running it from a CFFA or hard drive would be quite a bit faster -- though not as much fun.