Is there seriously no way to patch the web browser?

Kwyjor · Apr 11, 2026

Rhlp said:
any update?

Before you bump a four-year-old thread, may I suggest you at least take a look at what other threads are on the first page of the forum..?

Homebrew Thread '[WIP Release] NetSurf 3DS'

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NetSurf 3DS

This is the first (to my knowledge) homebrew port of a modern-ish web browser to the 3DS! (It is also my first 3DS homebrew release, so hopefully I'm doing it right ;D)

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Unlike previous attempts at a homebrew web browser, NetSurf 3DS is a port of a pre-existing browser, namely the NetSurf web browser. NetSurf is...

Rhlp · May 2, 2026

netsurf is not a replacement for the 3ds browser in the same way, because it cant be opened while in game. it does work better tho, however i would still like to bump this

Kwyjor · May 2, 2026

Rhlp said:
i would still like to bump this

y tho?

There are no "updates" and there are very unlikely to be any further "updates". NetSurf is most likely as good as it is going to get.

Rhlp · May 2, 2026

hey, i mean, theres no harm in dreaming

Kwyjor · May 2, 2026

Rhlp said:
hey, i mean, theres no harm in dreaming

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KleinesSinchen · May 2, 2026

Rhlp said:
netsurf is not a replacement for the 3ds browser in the same way, because it cant be opened while in game. it does work better tho, however i would still like to bump this

Windows 98SE with Microsoft Word and Excel having multiple documents open, listen to music with Winamp and use a browser. This used to work fine. All at once with 64MB of RAM... while Windows would not have to use it's page file.

Just starting a current mainstream browser without loading any website uses multiple times the RAM my PC built in 1997 had. We won't change how the internet and software works nowadays. It screams, "Wirth's Law"
A sensible attempt to run a (limited) browser on O3DS needs to use all the memory it can get. Running a browser with multitasking (game+browser) sounds implausible. If I remember correctly the browser applet on O3DS can only use 16MB.

Rhlp · May 2, 2026

aww.... thats, thats fair. sorry.

Kwyjor said:
"Dreaming" is one thing. Cluttering up the message board by necrobumping ancient threads is something else entirely.

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KleinesSinchen said:
Windows 98SE with Microsoft Word and Excel having multiple documents open, listen to music with Winamp and use a browser. This used to work fine. All at once with 64MB of RAM... while Windows would not have to use it's page file.

Just starting a current mainstream browser without loading any website uses multiple times the RAM my PC built in 1997 had. We won't change how the internet and software works nowadays. It screams, "Wirth's Law"
A sensible attempt to run a (limited) browser on O3DS needs to use all the memory it can get. Running a browser with multitasking (game+browser) sounds implausible. If I remember correctly the browser applet on O3DS can only use 16MB.

well i was meaning moreso the security certificates. because a lot of websites still work on the n3ds

Kwyjor · May 2, 2026

Enabling Internet access for outdated browsers on older systems is an old problem that has been addressed in various different ways at this point. See for instance https://github.com/atauenis/webone .

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