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Final Version of Wii Browser Now Available

Posted by Zonk on from the enjoy-your-www-button dept.

CVG points out that, as of today, the final version of the Wii Opera browser is available for download. Make sure and do the update sometime in the next month or so; as you might recall from the original announcement, it will only be free until the end of June. "You can finally ditch the trial version of the Opera browser and download the full and final package, which comes with added features, such as 'www.' and '.com' buttons as well as improved functionality like a faster boot-up and better zoom capability. You can download it right now for free, first by updating your system, then grabbing the update from the Wii Software page on the Shop Channel."

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  1. List of new stuff by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Informative
    • More advanced zoom. You can zoom in extremely close, or extremely far out.
    • Crisper fonts due to updated font rendering technology.
    • Optimized for faster browsing and video game playing. (Seriously!)
    • Other WiiMote cursors are now visible. They cannot interact with pages, but they can be used as laser pointer replacements.
    • Scrolling has been improved with the arrows only showing while scrolling and a line showing how fast you're dragging.
    • The arrow keys now scroll rather than navigating.
    • The so-called "A-button cooldown effect" has been fixed. This was the bug that prevented rapid clicking.
    • There are now settings for Proxies and other browser features.
    • The toolbar has been updated with easy access to the URL entry, search, and page information.
    • The toolbar can now be hidden.
    • Cursors have been updated with nicer loading and clicking effects.
    • Sounds are now associated with events like clicking and loading.
    • The browser now fills the entire screen. You can change the scaling if the browser is clipped.

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    1. Re:List of new stuff by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I always had trouble with flash videos and wmv's playing.

      Flash players based on Flash Version 7 work fine. (Adobe refuses to license version 8.) They've actually gotten slightly better thanks to Opera's optimizations.

      The browser does not have a media player, nor are there plans for one. I believe they're going to support standard audio files (i.e. WAV; if it hasn't been added already), but that's about it. I wouldn't hold your breath for WMV support.

      Besides, WMV sucks. :P
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  2. Re:Why isnt it (F)ree as in FREEDOM by CogDissident · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Um, because they don't want people being able to hack the virtual console, and possibly hack into other people's Wiis and steal their points, or some such?

    And by saying you only use Open Source software, that means you don't use any consoles, because none of them are open source. Or use blue ray disks, or HD disks, or office products, or most websites...

    Open source zealots really need to be better informed before they go off on these rants, makes the rest of you intelligent OSS people look bad.

  3. Still can't get one by CokeBear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great! Now all I need is a Wii!

    (Still searching for one in Toronto)

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  4. Re:Yay by Erioll · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does the new text rendering also go into things like the news reader and Wii Shop? The text there could use some work too.

  5. Re:Why isnt it (F)ree as in FREEDOM by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    or office products

    It's true. I have been having a really hard time getting full blueprints for my stapler.

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  6. Re:Two Things by MBCook · · Score: 4, Informative

    YouTube works. I've used it. In fact, I heard that was one of the original reasons the browser beta was delayed was so they could update flash and make YouTube work.

    They are selling people Wiis. That is just a troll comment. The fact they are so popular they can't produce them fast enough is not Nintendo's fault.

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  7. Re:Two Things by gasgesgos · · Score: 3, Informative

    One of the major things I use the Wii browser for is Youtube, it works pretty well. Also wiiarcade.com has a handful of games that will work well with the Wii remote. I haven't tried other streaming sites, but I imagine that they would work as well (provided they use flash and not WMP). One warning, it seems that the browser only supports up to Flash 7.

  8. Re:Save the kiddies! by Kimos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow!
    It's like you can see into the past!