Posting from my Wii

**MrNase** · Fri 22 Dec '06, 3:17am

Me!

That Opera-for-Wii beta release sucks IMHO.. I tried it for 10 minutes this morning and it crashed 2 times and the 'zoom function' is a joke.

**filburt1** · Fri 22 Dec '06, 7:31am

Keep in mind for rendering issues that Opera complies very well with standards, so in all likelyhood, it's the page's fault, not Opera.

**Mr_Bob** · Fri 22 Dec '06, 12:38pm

I tried it out on my own site. It actually works very well, and I was supprised to see features such as ajax working so well. It does crash sometimes though, but considering this is, in fact, beta, I can forgive them.

**WurkAnimal** · Fri 22 Dec '06, 12:52pm

I've seen alot of posts like these recently.

Any good? I might buy one atually.

**filburt1** · Fri 22 Dec '06, 4:42pm

According to Engadget:

The good: Renders Ajaxy pages pretty well for the most part; fast as all get out; super easy to use; clicking with Wiimote is easier than we thought.
The bad: No "throbber," although there is a slightly delayed progress bar; most buttons don't do anything; scrolling with cursor position and B-button a little weird; no options; cursor got lost on us a couple times.
The ugly: Big black border around the browsing area that does nothing; no instant address bar access (you have to go all the way home); still no keyboard or mouse support.

Wii browser hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/22/wii-browser-hands-on/

So, as we well know, Nintendo finally released their internet channel (i.e. the Opera browser). We sat down for a bit to play with the thing, same as we did with the PS3 browser (say Microsoft, what, no Xbox browser? Make it Firefox-based, hm?), and gave it the once over. Now, granted, this is supposed to be a beta release, so we're expected to forgive them for the problems we encountered:The good: Renders Ajaxy pages pretty well for the most part; fast as all get out; super easy to use; clicking with Wiimote is easier than we thought.The bad: No "throbber," although there is a slightly delayed progress bar; most buttons don't do anything; scrolling with cursor position and B-button a little weird; no options; cursor got lost on us a couple times.The ugly: Big black border around the browsing area that does nothing; no instant address bar access (you have to go all the way home); still no keyboard or mouse support.Check out the fat image gallery! Wii browser hands-on gallery

It renders better than IE, but that doesn't say much.

**Apoco** · Fri 22 Dec '06, 6:55pm

Originally posted by Zachery

Figured I'd give this a try, it works well. Any other Wii users out there?

I usually post with my pants on....^_^?

**Floris** · Fri 22 Dec '06, 6:57pm

lol

**=HT=Genocide** · Sat 23 Dec '06, 9:24am

Crashed on me a couple times to..but like others say..its just a beta...and its nothing to get worked up over..i like it..works fine for what i use it for

**da420** · Mon 25 Dec '06, 11:50am

Originally posted by filburt1

It renders better than IE, but that doesn't say much.

You are right, that does not say much. :|

**CeleronXT** · Mon 25 Dec '06, 11:55am

One of my users made this exact thread on my forum, too.

**Andrew111888** · Mon 25 Dec '06, 5:52pm

I have a Wii but I haven't downloaded any browser. I just use the forecast channel and the Wii shop channel

. I have Super Monkey Ball, Madden 07, Red Steel, and Zelda. I also downloaded Sonic and I think I'll download Super Mario 64 once I get my classic controller

.

**MGM** · Wed 27 Dec '06, 11:04pm

I honestly don't see a reason to visit the internet through a video game console, but to each his own

Personally, even if my website breaks through the Wii browser, I won't be going out of my way to fix it (unless, of course, it's an Opera issue that breaks in Opera on pc as well).

MGM out

Posting from my Wii

Posting from my Wii

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