As most of you well know, Nintendo unleashed their Opera-powered Internet browser today to Wii owners -- for free. And, oh man, I'm glad that thing is free. So far, I couldn't play anything with flash (no YTMNDs make Summa an unhappy boy) and it was a bit laggy with getting my cursor around. Anyway, I'm sure things will be fleshed out with various updates and such. So, for now, watch as I guide you through the beginnings of the Internet Channel -- half asleep, and half a brain. Enjoy!
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11:40 AM on 12.22.2006
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i dont see any of these console browsers matching PC browser potential for a while
I'll give Wiicade a try.
It's...al..so........lag......gy.
Summa, here's a PROTIP: Don't bother typing www...com, just type the name of the site (Destructoid). It should load right up.
Youtube does work on the Wii broswer btw...
Also, try pressing 2 for ultra text-reading zoom. It screws with images, but is great when reading online magazines and the like. Pressing 1 is an alternate way to bring up favorites as well.
But not the YTMND flash sadly, but other flash movies do, like those on Newgrounds.
ya know, i think YTMND isn't flash at all, its a animated GIF with a sound. when you right-click on it, you can click "save picture as", if you right-click on flash you get something else.
Postin' from the Wii too
I hope the final version is waaaay better
Yeah, because typing "allnaturalhairygirlongirl" over and over into your good search bar gets old!
Youtube videos work just fine if they're embedded on a website. A Youtube video on this site should work fine on the Wii, for example. That same video won't play on Youtube.com itself because of the Javascrip they use to embed the videos. Silly, but that's the way it is.
Anyway, there are plenty of other video sites that use Flash and Flash alone. They work well on the Wii. The only problems I'm seeing is when the video is of a decent bitrate. It struggles to play such videos. Hopefully they'll optimize it by March.