Nintendo Wii Opera Browser Getting An Upgrade
Published by Ian Klein March 24th, 2007 in Nintendo, Tech, Wii.
The good news is that the Wii browser is getting an upgrade; the bad news is we’ll have to wait a few weeks longer to see the fruits of their labor.
The news from Nintendo:
Since late December, Wii owners have been able to download a trial version of the Opera Internet browser. After receiving substantial and helpful feedback from consumers, friends and family members, Nintendo developers have made a number of improvements to the final version of the browser, including:
- improved zooming and scrolling
- an improved zoomed font
- shortened startup times
- quicker access to “favorites”
- an ability to hide the toolbar
- buttons that will instantly type common preset letters, such as “www” or “.com”
More details about these and other functions will be announced in the near future. To ensure that the browser incorporates all of these enhancements, the final version will be available for download in April, a few weeks later than previously announced. The browser will remain free for Wii owners to download through the end of June. After June, users who haven’t already downloaded the Opera browser can go to the Wii Shop Channel to download it for 500 Wii Points.
Will it have multiple tabs because that would be very helpful if you could seacrh two or more websites at the same time like on any other standard internet browser. Also the ability to switch between the internet channel and the disc channel would be helpful as you could open up a walkthrough and use it to aid you in a game your curently playing without having to save and quit.
Those would be features would be very appreciated.