Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Mr Nash on February 16, 2006, 09:45:41 AM
Title: Oper DS Browser Interview
Post by: Mr Nash on February 16, 2006, 09:45:41 AM
There's an interview with Opera's Executive VP of Devices discussing the new Opera browser announced for the DS. You can find it here.
No word on a North American or European release yet, or specifics of functionality, but an interesting read nontheless.
Title: RE: Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: ThePerm on February 16, 2006, 10:29:38 AM
lol this is my way of finding out macromedia is no more!
Title: RE: Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: KDR_11k on February 16, 2006, 07:47:28 PM
Well, but Adobe (or was it Autodesk? Meh, just as bad) is and I doubt that's an improvement.
Title: RE: Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: norebonomis on February 18, 2006, 12:43:43 PM
if i understood all the interviews i've read online, nintendo was working on their own web browser for NDS but then found out OPERA was making a DS version of their browser, so nintendo stepped back and let the third party do their thing.
i am disappointed that the opera browser won't be able to support flash. i think that is a huge mistake. there is alot of potential here for web technologies to be enhanced. some words that come to mind are " VoIP, microphone, perhaps a GPS addon for touch screen photo scavenger hunt geo-location enhanced games!" (Mature rating to protect young children of course)
nintendo hasn't really used the microphone for much voice recognition has it? no it seems the purpose all long was to create a console that was for much more than gaming... i mean, how about a rechargable Ni-Fi headset for voip calling?
maybe video calling would be possible with the revolution and revolution camera? (no nintendo never said anything about a camera so plz donut flm m3
Title: RE: Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: Bill Aurion on February 18, 2006, 01:02:23 PM
"nintendo hasn't really used the microphone for much voice recognition has it?"
Uh, Nintendogs?
Title: RE: Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: KDR_11k on February 18, 2006, 07:03:37 PM
i am disappointed that the opera browser won't be able to support flash. i think that is a huge mistake.
It's as much of a mistake as Ford not building ABS into the T-model.
Title: RE:Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: norebonomis on February 21, 2006, 06:00:26 AM
Quote Originally posted by: Bill Aurion "nintendo hasn't really used the microphone for much voice recognition has it?"
Uh, Nintendogs?
one game is alot! i recind my statement!
no seriously. and don't count blowing on the microphone as voice recognition. allthough it sure is an easy implementation of the microphone.
Title: RE:Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: 31 Flavas on February 21, 2006, 08:08:45 AM
Quote Originally posted by: norebonomis
one game is alot! i recind my statement!
no seriously. and don't count blowing on the microphone as voice recognition. allthough it sure is an easy implementation of the microphone.
Well, if you want to get technical there are also, Feel the Magic, Warioware, Electroplankton, Mario Kart, Phoenix Wright, Resident Evil, and Metroid Prime Hunters that use the Microphone or Voice Reconition and there probably are a few more games, only released in japan, that i'm just not aware of. So plently of games have made use of it, just don't get hung up on voice recognition as the only use for the microphone.
Quote Originally posted by: norebonomis
no it seems the purpose all long was to create a console that was for much more than gaming...
Where did you get this idea though... Nintendo has always positioned the DS as a innovative gaming handheld. Only Sony has blown a lot of hot air around saying their system is more then just great games.
Title: RE: Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: norebonomis on February 21, 2006, 03:06:15 PM
yes but nothing i say ever makes sense anyway so why argue? besides we are at least getting a freakin browswer for the DS... we should all me dancing in a circle arms linked singing kum by ya
Title: RE:Opera DS Browser Interview
Post by: 31 Flavas on February 21, 2006, 04:58:05 PM
Quote Originally posted by: norebonomis yes but nothing i say ever makes sense anyway so why argue? besides we are at least getting a freakin browswer for the DS... we should all me dancing in a circle arms linked singing kum by ya
Thats not to say i'm opposed to VoIP, TV tuners, mp3 players, or web browsers, I just wouldn't expect them. The DS is first and formost a game system.
