Author Topic: Opera Browser for Wii launches Dec 22nd.... (Read 20802 times)

Chris1 · « **Reply #25 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:06:25 PM »

downloading now, yay!

MarioAllStar · « **Reply #26 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:08:57 PM »

Yeah, I am downloading it right now. I have heard some complaints, but there is still a good amount of time until the final version is released. Hopefully the Opera for Wii team will fix the problems people complain about.

Edit: Typing on Wii.

18 Days · « **Reply #27 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:12:08 PM »

Whingers, this is a top browser. Sure it doesn't have tabs and it's a little blurry but it's by far the best tv internet I've ever seen.

Also, as I'm sure you're dying to know. Typing speed compares to predictive SMS.

Crimm · « **Reply #28 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:44:07 PM »

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Originally posted by: 18 Days
Posting from my Wii now! This browser is really good but it should let you resize text because zooming in is a pain.

cosign
A keyboard attachment would be nice too.

MANTI5 · « **Reply #29 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:49:48 PM »

Try out wiicade.com, playing curveball now.

Resolution sucks for reading though.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #30 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:51:22 PM »

Browser ID: Opera 9.0 (nintendo WII; U; 1309-9

Flash version: 7,0,70,0

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:58:58 PM »

Thread full of Wiicade and other flash games compatible with Wii

I'm gonna try these out as soon as I get my Wii back to my house and hook it up to the internet.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #32 on:** December 21, 2006, 08:17:36 PM »

Has anybody tried MSN/Windows Live Messenger from it?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #33 on:** December 21, 2006, 08:25:35 PM »

"You can play this game only with the remote"

18 Days · « **Reply #34 on:** December 21, 2006, 08:30:49 PM »

Oh ok. HIDDEN BUTTON THEY DIDN'T MENTION. Pressing 1 resizes everything on screen for you and makes it only scroll vertically. It's really really good.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #35 on:** December 21, 2006, 08:38:31 PM »

Pressing 1 makes it show the bookmarks for me. 2 sets the browser to mobile device mode.

After trying it I stay with my oppinion that there's a reason Microsoft's attempts at WebTV failed and that's TV resolutions. 640x480 isn't enough for anything these days. You'd need HD just to be able to see crap and even then you have to sit very close. MS has the only current-gen console without a web browser. Now you know the reason.

For some reason the scrollbars on the NoE website work in the Wii Opera but not the PC Opera. I have no idea what messed up coding they used for that...

ShyGuy · « **Reply #36 on:** December 21, 2006, 08:45:14 PM »

widescreen is better, now I need to find some decently priced component cables

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #37 on:** December 21, 2006, 08:50:47 PM »

Talking to you guys from Wii! Zoom is + or - for zoom out or 2 for super zoom, now all we need is a keyboard!

couchmonkey · « **Reply #38 on:** December 22, 2006, 12:40:10 AM »

Fad join! It's not bad at all, IMO. txt ur friends.

capamerica · « **Reply #39 on:** December 22, 2006, 01:33:11 AM »

Posting from my Wii ^_^

This is pretty cool, got to check out other stuff now!

ryancoke · « **Reply #40 on:** December 22, 2006, 02:17:38 AM »

there's just something satisfying about downloading pr0n on a nintendo console

Oh the irony!!

Ceric · « **Reply #41 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:00:38 AM »

Ok as a beta this is a solid offering. Their are a few things I like "fixed."

Scrolling with B is cool and all but I kept finding myself reaching for the d-pad to scroll.
Password fields shouldn't show up in readable form when typing them in.
Should be multiple levels of zoom. Both way.
A way to bring up an address bar without going back to the start page.
Be able to go to different views like desktop. (Its in the mobile column layout.)
Tabs.
Mouse Gestures. (They just make sense.)
Copy paste be a nice plus.
Also a Wii page compatible certification program. (Like what w3c has for html and like.)

If they implemented all that I plop down 5 dollars easy.

Also after typing this I sort of wish the keyboard had a transparent background, their was a button on the Wiimote for space and one for shift. That would greatly speed up my typing. Might as well put this out there too. Optional Letter/word announcement from the Wiimote and rumble level control. I find I would like to have about half the intensity of

Ceric · « **Reply #42 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:04:29 AM »

rumble. Also as, I found out typing this, getting rid of the character limit. I'm all for that. Also special symbol support and alt ctrl del.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #43 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:58:03 AM »

I am quite impressed obviously, things need to be fixed for easier use...but as it is, this is very solid.

ceric I disagree about password text being starred. The Wii isn't a keyboard which means it would be very hard to know you typed the right passwords using the Wiimote if everything was starred. This was something I thought the Wii browser did right.

ryancoke · « **Reply #44 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:00:20 AM »

I would like to see the bottom bar "autohide". It just seems to take up too much room.

Ceric · « **Reply #45 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:04:20 AM »

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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
I am quite impressed obviously, things need to be fixed for easier use...but as it is, this is very solid.

ceric I disagree about password text being starred. The Wii isn't a keyboard which means it would be very hard to know you typed the right passwords using the Wiimote if everything was starred. This was something I thought the Wii browser did right.

I have to disagree. PDA's do the star thing like everything else and in all actuality it really isn't much different then typing it out. In fact I find it easier.
Though think about this scenario. You want to show some people something on an account you have but you need to login. If your like most people you probably have a common password you use for ease of use. People now this because they themselves are the same way. So what are you going to do? Have everyone turn around why you login?

I personally would like it there by default being somewhat security oriented but I wouldn't mind it just to be a check box for if you wanted it or not. I'm all for choice.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #46 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:05:49 AM »

Agreed on that, on homestarrunner.com the picture takes up only half the screen because of that bar.

ThePerm · « **Reply #47 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:25:46 AM »

ugh, i cant play wiicade, any flash turns into a add bar sized thing

www.wiicade.com

but i had fun looking at porn

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #48 on:** December 22, 2006, 05:01:27 AM »

Indeed.

We need DivX playback support to really top things off.

JonLeung · « **Reply #49 on:** December 22, 2006, 05:19:50 AM »

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Originally posted by: ThePerm
but i had fun looking at porn

I'm at work so I can't fiddle with the Internet Channel for a while. Just curious, is there a cache or history that we should be concerned about if we look at questionable sites?

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