Opera Wii Interview
An interview with Opera confirmed some information that had been floating around earlier. Opera Wii will include everything that the newest version of Opera for PCs and Macs, Opera 9.0, will. This means that Javascript is supported. Whether or not plug-ins like Java and Flash will be supported is unknown though.
Browsing will obviously take advantage of the Wiimote, but how exactly that will happen is unknown. Bookmarks are supported too.
The interesting information is in how we will get Opera Wii. Unlike the Nintendo DS version of Opera, the Wii will come with Opera saved onto the onboard flash memory. It can be launched in just a few minutes.
Another piece of very good news is that the browser will be tweaked to be better viewed on a television. For example, the font will be bigger so you can read it from a distance. The resolution will be changed as well because TVs don’t have as clear a picture as PC monitors (unless you own an HDTV). Whether or not video and music streaming will be supported is unknown, but hopefully they will! Can you imagine watching YouTube or Google Videos on your TV? That’d be pretty cool!
An interview with Opera confirmed some information that had been floating around earlier. Opera Wii will include everything that the newest version of Opera for PCs and Macs, Opera 9.0, will. This means that Javascript is supported. Whether or not plug-ins like Java and Flash will be supported is unknown though.
Browsing will obviously take advantage of the Wiimote, but how exactly that will happen is unknown. Bookmarks are supported too.
The interesting information is in how we will get Opera Wii. Unlike the Nintendo DS version of Opera, the Wii will come with Opera saved onto the onboard flash memory. It can be launched in just a few minutes.
Another piece of very good news is that the browser will be tweaked to be better viewed on a television. For example, the font will be bigger so you can read it from a distance. The resolution will be changed as well because TVs don’t have as clear a picture as PC monitors (unless you own an HDTV). Whether or not video and music streaming will be supported is unknown, but hopefully they will! Can you imagine watching YouTube or Google Videos on your TV? That’d be pretty cool!
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