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Wii Browser Controls

Friday, December 22, 2006 1:49:42 PM

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Everyone enjoying thier (trial version) Wii browsers? I nearly missed my train trying out different sites and browsing around the community. But i'm typing this safely from the train now, so i made it (thanks opera mini).

While browsing i was pleased to see some ofmust have imagined Opera's 'mouse gestures' mapped successfully to the Wii remote. here's what i found this morning:
Hold B to scroll w/ pointer.
Hold B and move quick to the left or right for Back and Forward respectively. Update: I must have dreamt this, but I went back by accident, then went forward. has anyone else got this to work, or am i being drugged?
press 2 for an alternate view (small screen rendering) that makes reading easier for some.
+ and - to zoom in and out.

Has anyone found any more? and what do you think of the controls in the trial version so far?

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Comments

nicoleneeecole Friday, December 22, 2006 2:49:51 PM

I'm posting from it now, and I must say, the typing isn't half as bad as people made it out to be. The predictive text makes it super easy. And, if anyone complains about it freezing, they should check wiimote batteries, as I experienced that a few minutes ago.

Unregistered user Friday, December 22, 2006 7:59:09 PM

Anonymous writes: holding b and moving the pointer left and right doesn't work for me...

.edDotEd Friday, December 22, 2006 8:07:19 PM

try doing it quickly.

Unregistered user Friday, December 22, 2006 9:20:17 PM

Anonymous writes: Yeah, I like it a lot!

Unregistered user Friday, December 22, 2006 11:30:52 PM

Anonymoussam writes: is it possible to watch videos with the wii

Unregistered user Friday, December 22, 2006 11:40:44 PM

cameron writes: i watched tons of videos but flash 9 doesnt seem to work.us then again its only a trial version

Unregistered user Saturday, December 23, 2006 1:58:44 AM

Anonymous writes: The complete lack of d-pad control is a huge gaffe; would be much easier to scroll through pages with d-pad control, so I hope the final browser adds that functionality (or at least the keyboard equiv. of up/down/left/right for Flash games). Otherwise, it's a nice way to show YouTube videos to friends (when they work) and play Flash games w/ the intuitive pointer, which is much more than I expected or hoped for.

.edDotEd Saturday, December 23, 2006 6:45:12 AM

i prefer analog scrolling to dpad scrolling. also this adds 4 more buuttons for other settings.

Unregistered user Monday, December 25, 2006 3:32:12 AM

Anonymous writes: im loving it!

Unregistered user Monday, December 25, 2006 1:56:50 PM

Anonymous writes: I'm writing this on my Wii now. It's pretty pimp.

Unregistered user Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:53:21 PM

shamran writes: Well apart from bottom bar that can't be remove and the missing block function when typing the browser is nice

Unregistered user Sunday, December 31, 2006 2:15:25 AM

Mateo writes: The Wii typing is pretty easy, especially if you have a largr TV, It's very fun too~

Unregistered user Monday, January 1, 2007 8:54:15 PM

having a wii blast writes: im loving it, but they should include the dpad controls for scrolling.

Haavardhaavard Thursday, January 4, 2007 10:21:48 AM

Try pointing away from the screen, and then use the D-pad.

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