In-Game Web Browser Round-Up

theodp writes "CNET takes a look at Web browsers you can run inside of the latest video games, offering mini-reviews of PlayXpert, Steam, Rogue, and Xfire. Why run these instead of your standard browser? Well, these browsers run lean and mean, play nice with full-screen apps, provide hot keys that can make them appear or disappear in an instant, and offer transparency so you can continue to play a game in full screen while chatting, reading e-mail or looking up cheat codes. So how much longer before we see a variation of this on our real-world car windshields?"

Comments

Tired of hitting Alt-F4?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

These new in-game browsers are great! I used to be annoyed that I'd have to hit Alt AND F4 to switch away from my game to check my stock prices, but now with these new in-game browsers I can simply hit Shift+F4 and browse at my leisure.

This is a huge step forward in usability. I can't wait until Emacs includes a browser that can be toggled with an intuitive set of keystrokes.

Re:Tired of hitting Alt-F4?

[AdmiralXyz]

What, didn't you know? C-c M-o M-browser and you're all set. You'll need a 64-bit quad-core machine to handle it though.

Re:Eve's Browser

[JavaBear]

Eve Online's IGB is a joke.
What's worse is, the joke suck!

DeathRace 2012

[Missing_dc]

"So how much longer before we see a variation of this on our real-world car windshields?"

just as soon as I mount those rockets, .50cal, smoke screen, oil slick, caltrop seeder, and armor on my truck.

Oh, and I need to mod the controls to let me handle steering and acceleration/defense devices with a joystick and the aiming/offense with a mouse.

Re:So.. the Video Game is the Computer?

[Richy_T]

Yep. With the way the economy is going, the user interface will be a rifle or shotgun.

Re:IRC?

[PrescriptionWarning]

A/S/L?

Re:Thottbot

[Anonymous Coward]

I see an opportunity for a new plugin....

I can imagine how this technology originated

[Loosifur]

Level pally...watch porn...level pally...watch porn...

hmmm...

EUREKA!

Re:I don't like it.

[twosmokes]

Speak for yourself. I'm excellent at multi

Item # Price
15876 39.99
15887 45.02
16986 25.36
12547 44.78
13698 87.54
15478 21.66
11224 12.74
1447 36.85

Some of the above prices aren't matching what we were given by the vendor. Can you verify these for me by the end of the day?

Thanks.

tasking. You obviously haven't had enough experience with it. Keep practicing and you'll be able to do 3-4 things at the same time without any major problems.

Re:Oh good. Something else to do while driving

[Hatta]

Sup dawg, I heard you like to browse, so I put a browser in your car so you can browse while you drive.

Did I do that right?

The killer app

[Nerdposeur]

Actually, I think the best thing to do with these in-game browsers is to play in-browser games.

Hopefully, those games will include browsers, too, so we don't get bored.

Re:The killer app

[rkanodia]

Yo dawg, I heard you like web browsers...

Re:I'd rather not

[Chris Burke]

Actually, I find that trying Questhelper has pretty much killed all my interest in WoW.

Really??

*goes to download Questhelper*

Dear Lord, please let this work...

Looking up cheat codes in the car.

[HTH NE1]

looking up cheat codes. So how much longer before we see a variation of this on our real-world car windshields?

What's the cheat code for enabling infinite fuel in my car?

Window up, window down, window up, window down, turn signal left, turn signal right, turn signal left, turn signal right, AC, emergency brake, ignition.