Homebrew Web browsers for (New)3DS?

Drvulcanlord

Member
OP
Newcomer
Joined
Apr 12, 2023
Messages
10
Trophies
0
Age
24
XP
39
Country
United States
Dose anyone know of any usable homebrew web Browsers for the (New)3DS I have tried to find some but the only one I could locate was kuppa cruiser and it always crashed. If you know of any please let me know.

Thanks
 

KleinesSinchen

GBAtemp's Backup Reminder + Fearless Testing Sina
Member
GBAtemp Patron
Joined
Mar 28, 2018
Messages
4,514
Trophies
2
XP
15,179
Country
Germany
TLDR:
It can't be done. The (N)3DS is simply too under-powered to load modern websites.
Have to disagree on this. Depending on what is the goal, a 3DS – especially the new type consoles – would be able to handle it. Probably slow, but basic browsing (possibly in mobile mode if a site supports one) should be in range. Adblocking, script blocking and prevention of automatic inclusion for third-party content should be part of such a hypothetical browser to not exhaust all resources in the first second.

In my opinion the problem preventing serious attempts by talented/knowledgeable developers to port a browser engine to 3DS is the "Use your phone! Don't you have a phone?"-attitude. As if the existence of more suitable devices for a task would be a good reason for not trying anything on older stuff.
While we are at it: A powerful PC and a smartphone from the top class could replace pretty much every old thing via emulation.
 
Last edited by KleinesSinchen,

WindMageVaati

Active Member
Newcomer
Joined
Mar 8, 2024
Messages
30
Trophies
0
Age
15
XP
73
Country
United States
Have to disagree on this. Depending on what is the goal, a 3DS – especially the new type consoles – would be able to handle it. Probably slow, but basic browsing (possibly in mobile mode if a site supports one) should be in range. Adblocking, script blocking and prevention of automatic inclusion for third-party content should be part of such a hypothetical browser to not exhaust all resources in the first second.

In my opinion the problem preventing serious attempts by talented/knowledgeable developers to port a browser engine to 3DS is the "Use your phone! Don't you have a phone?"-attitude. As if the existence of more suitable devices for a task would be a good reason for not trying anything on older stuff.
While we are at it: A powerful PC and a smartphone from the top class could replace pretty much every old thing via emulation.
I have no phone 😭
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • cearp @ cearp:
    @K3Nv2 - sounds like you need a better place to find cracks!
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Psionics offline right now or I would
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @cearp, Psi is offline at the minute, but he knows where to find them.
  • cearp @ cearp:
    get your mind out of the gutter, I'm talking about piracy
  • cearp @ cearp:
    not that type of crack
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I mean the drug not the booty pervs
    +2
  • linuxares @ linuxares:
    @cearp At a plumber convenstion. Loads of cracks!
    +2
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    A plumber is either on crack or in crack or showcasing crack
    +2
  • cearp @ cearp:
    or of course, dealing with cracks (in pipes)
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Sure he could be on cracked flooring causing the leak
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    How much you bet delta going to be DRMd to hell and back
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @linuxares the dev just ends up at 0
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    it's no worse than if you pirated
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    it's probably better, because not all keys on key sites are stolen
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    plus piracy is not always an option
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    i heard a related story for a dev actually
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    from a dev*
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    DRMs are getting stronger these days
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    they bought their own game on a key site and checked where they came from and it turned out they were review copies he had given out by email to someone
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    *all* of them
  • NinStar @ NinStar:
    no storefront I'm aware of (at least on pc) requires the devs to pay for the keys they generate
  • NinStar @ NinStar:
    they don't lose money doing this, even if someone decide to chargeback
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    so that seems to be a pretty common thing, i kinda blame the dev for that one though as they were giving out like 5 keys to someone just because they asked for multiple copies for review for whatever reason and there were multiple people doing this. he should've seen the red flags
    Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty: hi