Wii's Beta Internet Browser launching!

Alchemist_Almighty · 12-21-2006, 10:41 PM

Many of you have probably heard already, but Nintendo is supposedly launching a beta version of their Opera Internet Browser tomorrow. I know people in the UK have already gotten it, and so far YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, and uh.......coughbangbroscough work pretty well, as does Homestar Runner and other Flash sites. It's free to download and after July 2007 it'll set you back 500 Wii Points. So yeah...if you've got a Wii, why not give it a try?

Eggman · 12-21-2006, 10:57 PM

I plan on using it quite a bit. Does the beta include the usage of a USB keyboard with it or is it just wiimote functionality only for now?

Geschpooklichkeit · 12-21-2006, 11:40 PM

I don't know what to think of this.
http://www.opera.com/img/products/de...date_comic.gif

K.AuthoR · 12-22-2006, 02:35 AM

I'm downloading it now! Two of three brick blocks complete...xD

I AM THE PROPHECY. · 12-22-2006, 03:17 AM

Posting from my Wii. This is pretty neat.

Eggman · 12-22-2006, 03:46 AM

Definitely not bad. I rather like this.

uLTraCarL · 12-22-2006, 03:59 AM

its pretty neat

i'm watching my own youtube videos on it right now lol

Altoid27 · 12-22-2006, 01:44 PM

Holy Moon-doggy, this is awesome. Posting via the Wii-mote is actually pretty simple. Checking Facebook and MySpace on this thing is incredibly satisfying.

**dieKatze88** · 12-22-2006, 08:47 PM

couldnt get youtube to work.

Shift buttons dont work, this disappoints me because it makes it impossible to login to half the websites I use (I have capital letters in my passwords.

WiLLiSTER · 12-22-2006, 10:23 PM

seems to be working fine for me... pretty cool to say the least.

sports · 12-22-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MDRL

Posting from my Wii.

Thanks, haven't read that enough today.

ColorOfSakura · 12-22-2006, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sports

Thanks, haven't read that enough today.

Thank you for contributing SO MUCH to the fucking thread.

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Anyways - I tried to download the browser and it kept failing on me. :/

How long did it take most of you guys to download it? Because I dunno, I'm having problems.

uLTraCarL · 12-23-2006, 01:58 AM

its a little big, longer than your usual VC games

i think around 3-5 minutes maybe?

K.AuthoR · 12-23-2006, 06:55 AM

Same here, took about 3-5 mins to download. I got it at about 3am, so my lack of problems may have been because I jumped onto it so early ^^;

Alchemist_Almighty · 12-23-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by dieKatze88

couldnt get youtube to work.

Shift buttons dont work, this disappoints me because it makes it impossible to login to half the websites I use (I have capital letters in my passwords.

I found that problem too, as my second capitol A in my user name here was a pain to enter. Like a cell phone, you have to put a space there then backspace to get the shift part to work.

I haven't tried using a keyboard or mouse with it yet. Has anyone done so? And did it work? I'm having issues with YouTube as well. Something about Flash being turned off or out of date. Anyone know how to fix that?