khaos34 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) Opening a .mov, .mpg, .wmv will not stream a video in a new window, you will just get an error. That means that movies are restricted to flash movies, which for me dont really work right now, though i see that khaos34 isn't having issues with flash. Sorry that you're having issues with flash. You know, the ability to download files like mp3s and stuff was one benefit of the PSP browser. In a perfect world, the Wii would have a file manager and an added media channel to listen to/view downloaded content, but I pretty much doubt that's gonna happen :( Would be cool if Apple licensed the Quicktime codecs to add on to the browser, though I can't see the WMV stuff coming unless someone along the lines of Flip4Mac made the codecs available. One more comment - I'm glad they ported the actual Opera engine. That means, as someone mentioned earlier, very good compliance with standards. Nice to see the Acid 2 test work nice on a console :) Edit 2: Wow - even Gmail works nicely! Edit 3: Quick tip - zooming in doesn't just zoom to some predefined value - it zooms just enough so that whatever element the pointer was on fits the screen nicely. Try it out in digg... zooming in on a comments fits it nicely on the screen. That is pretty neat. Edited December 22, 2006 by khaos34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanghoku Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 this is awesome! now i don't have to boot my pc anymore just to check my mail :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erich Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Posting from my wii atm... pandora and youtube doesn't work so I'm saddened. Tho the auto word complete is handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted December 22, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2006 Edit 3: Quick tip - zooming in doesn't just zoom to some predefined value - it zooms just enough so that whatever element the pointer was on fits the screen nicely. Try it out in digg... zooming in on a comments fits it nicely on the screen. That is pretty neat. I noticed the zoom wasn't consistent but didn't realise why. That's a neat touch. Also, you can hit the "2" button on the remote to switch to what I assume is actual-size view. Due to the low-resolutions of the Wii display, it makes things look absolutely huge. Might be handy in some situations though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaos34 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Also, you can hit the "2" button on the remote to switch to what I assume is actual-size view. Due to the low-resolutions of the Wii display, it makes things look absolutely huge. Might be handy in some situations though. Cool, so that's what that does - thanks for the tip. I wonder why flash (Youtube in particular) is working very nicely for some people and not working at all for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanghoku Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 just so you know, iloveim.com works great! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morficus Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) Wii!! the browser is OK for a beta. the quick-text thing is nice. All I want now is to be able to download jpg's to the photo channel and tabed browsing :) I'm on my wii right now :D edit: WOW... zoom goes crazy if you hit 2 edit2: sweet... Outlook Web Access works on the browser. That was not expected. Edited December 22, 2006 by morficus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I wish there tabs in that big black bar on the top of the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 It's alright for a beta, gotta try Youtube later :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nav1 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I couldn't wait, tried it before coming to work (after all, who needs to get to work at 8 :p) Edit 3: Quick tip - zooming in doesn't just zoom to some predefined value - it zooms just enough so that whatever element the pointer was on fits the screen nicely. Try it out in digg... zooming in on a comments fits it nicely on the screen. That is pretty neat. Yep, I noticed that, and it could be really handy, given that you don't have more control on the zoom. Posting from my wii atm... pandora and youtube doesn't work so I'm saddened. Tho the auto word complete is handy. Youtube and google video both work flawlessly here, even better than in my PC (which is not much to say, since my computer is crap). I watched about 4-5 videos in each, and I never saw it buffering, and I have 1.5mbps. So, I don't think it's a general issue. Also, you can hit the "2" button on the remote to switch to what I assume is actual-size view. Due to the low-resolutions of the Wii display, it makes things look absolutely huge. Might be handy in some situations though. Yeah, that button kind of displays it sort of like it would be suited for a PDA or such. Really neat in pages such as google, where there's a lot of white space. It strips it out, and displays all content inline. The only issues I had was with certain flash sites, for example, pandora made the browser crash and freeze, I even had to pull the power cord to reset the Wii. Going to try other non-flash radio stations later on. Also, it didn't save my google session, had to put the password every time, whereas youtube would save it. One gripe is that passwords are not masked, so that may be an issue when I have some friends here. All in all, I'm satisfied, specially since youtube works as I expected. This will more than suffice until the final version comes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentMage Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I used it briefly before I left for work (had it download while I showered). I checked out neowin first and then newgrounds.com afterwards. I use my Wii on a 42'' traditional big-screen TV, just to let you all know. Neowin.net, without zooming in, was very blurry - the text, that is. I LOVE using the controller as a mouse - it's very intuitive. However, in order to read most text I had to zoom in at least once unless I wanted to damage my eyes. Typing, although not as quick as a keyboard, was easy enough and satisfying for me. Newgrounds.com I went to in order to view some flash videos. The first flash vid I viewed didn't work at all and the 2nd one had partial graphics. I hope that youtube works on my Wii, as I'm getting the impression based on posts here that some people can view youtube vids while others can't. I'll give a more detailed report once I'm back home tonight. Maybe I'll give my report with the Wii. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Newgrounds is probably hit or miss because Opera Wii basically supports files around Flash 7, some of the Newgrounds animations are probably higher than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Peewee210 Subscriber¹ Posted December 22, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) Youtube works, but it is a little slow on mine EDIT - Did work but not any more :/ Edited December 22, 2006 by Peewee210 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentMage Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) Newgrounds is probably hit or miss because Opera Wii basically supports files around Flash 7, some of the Newgrounds animations are probably higher than that. I was thinking that maybe the flash version for the Opera Wii wasn't fully up-to-date (I believe the most current is Flash 9). I'll definitely be checking out youtube though. :) While I'm at it, I'm gonna access my gmail account and see if I can download pictures to the Wii. EDIT: Has anyone have any luck downloading pics to the Wii? Edited December 22, 2006 by SilentMage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I crashed it! Still nifty though. Reminds me of WebTV :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 22, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2006 God dammit, i want my Wii now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Grrr, Youtube had to go and change something. It no longer works on Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morficus Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I tested the browser a bit (before going to work) with Neowin and YouTube. I was able to load videos on YouTube, and as SilentMage said... Neowin was blurry unless I zoomed in. Also, I check my e-mail using OWA and I was able to log in just fine. (OWA usas AJAX and XML) I'll keep messing around with it once I get home arg... stupid work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge00 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I had been watching youtube stuff earlier but it doesn't work now. Wiicade.com works well though! Posted from my wii btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoHideo Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Are there any other sites like Wiicade around? And is Youtube not working for everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaos34 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Grrr, Youtube had to go and change something. It no longer works on Wii. It still works, you just have to quit to the main menu and go back to the video. It's some kind of bug tha that happens when you click on certain things like certain flash ads or when you try to go fullscreen sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 It still works, you just have to quit to the main menu and go back to the video. It's some kind of bug tha that happens when you click on certain things like certain flash ads or when you try to go fullscreen sometimes. That was the first thing I tried. I'm not an idiot believe me it isn't working right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 And the final nail in the everyone pays in June coffin. "The release of the final version of the Opera browser for Wii is currently scheduled for late March 2007. Users who download Opera before June 30, 2007, can continue to use the browser at no cost for the lifetime of the Wii system!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabUK Veteran Posted December 22, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2006 I'm glad they've officially clarified that. Was getting sick of all the naysayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nav1 Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Grrr, Youtube had to go and change something. It no longer works on Wii. Maybe not for you, but I just spent 3 whole hours watching youtube and google videos of Russell Peters :D, not even stopping for buffering (well, maybe a couple times, but not an issue at all). I don't know what could be wrong with your Wii. All issues I had were with pandora, and in some cases with gmail, which would freeze the Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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