what do you all think of the browser ?

Kristok

i like it and would use it way more if i could get rid of the back forward etc buttons they take up so much room. you tube is great on it much better than on xbmc.

1huge1

I dont have it myself but i have seen it being used
looks very handy

BFassassin

Handy enought for some quick browsing sessions.
I can't see anyone spending a lot of time on it tbh. Just to check emails or something quick like that.

It's a handy feature though

Sarn

My first post from my wii (a 42" plasma helps).

nedd

i like it. but flash needs to be upgraded as some movies wont work. other than that its handy. but like BFassassin said i will just used my laptop for real surfing.

Skud

google chat doesnt work in gmail on it though... and if u got a small tv it's very hard to read, but when u zoom in it's too big But it's handy, tried to download some games

went to this site : http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/wii/ and said protocol not supported...

Fanboy

Its handy at times (checking the local takeaways number etc) but no way would i pay for it.

monkeyfudge

Consolevania have a special Wii website with all their episodes that is set up to look well on the Wii Browser.

You can find it here.

AceCard Jones

I think in the final release they should use asterisks when putting in passwords.
I had friends over a few times and then went to a site and then realised I couldn't log in without showing everyone my password.

monkeyfudge

Wouldn't they be able to see your password as you slowly use the wiimote to enter it on the virtual keyboard?

AceCard Jones

My passwords are long,:D
That may through them off, and I'm quite fast at it now.
You still have a point though, but it would help me out at least anyway.

Rhyme

It's more of a novelty really, why use the Wii browser when you probably have a pc lying around?

Still, i use it for that media centre thing... watched a movie on it last night.

calex71

it would be very usfull with a keyboard.

might spawn some usfull mods also , given some time.

animaal

It's probably more useful for running web apps; like that media centre, for example.

Star Lord

I've found that the only time I've encountered the Wii crashing has been on the Internet Channel.
Sometimes it totally freezes, requiring the console to be turned off and on again, other times just the browser stops responding, and I can use the home button to reset the browser.

AceCard Jones

Really?My Wii has never crashed once.***Touches Wood***
The only thing I can say to justify it in any way is "Beta"

1huge1

Yes a keyboard would make it much handier
I dont see why you can't just plug one into the usb ports
anyone know what the can be used for yet
if its some nintendo brand keyboard im gonna be pissed

thebman

I think the network adapter (note: not wireless) uses a USB port.

I think they should make Keyboard drivers. It wouldn't be that hard and would make the console a lot more usable especially if it supported Bluetooth keyboards.

Kanney

posting from my wii now.., i love it, watching ne tv show i want.. whatsoever not to love

scrapland

They need to allow you to hide the frickin massive toolbar.

AceCard Jones

We have to remember that the console is still only gickle.
It's only out 2 months now, for all we know Nintendo could release a patch to allow external HDD's and the likes.The Wii has a lot of potential, we all just have to hope that Nintendo actually use it.

I mean if there are going to be playable Demos of future Wii titles and loads of VC titles and Wii software coming out, they are going to have to do something!
Unless they expect us to just have a pile of SD cards on standby at all times, which would be ridiculous.

I think we just have to give the console time.
It has USB 2.0 ports on it so it's literally just a matter of drivers being installed.

jcoote

i think nintendo should take full advantage of the wiis capabilities cos they might lose a huge amount of money if people create their own drivers and release homebrew versions for standard usb keyboards for example