Homebrew Wii Browser

[OriginalHamster]

4) OriginalHamster could you provide an example of login page you found doesn't work?

This same gbatemp.net =P, I click in the login/register link and other links but the app says: Failed.

Another problem I found is with the favorites feature, I have gbatemp.net in the second spot, but it can't connect to that favorite no matter what I do, other favororites works just fine.

My wiibrowser config for favorites is:

Favorite(0) = www.gonintendo.com
Favorite(1) = www.gbatemp.net
Favorite(2) = www.neogaf.com
Favorite(3) =
Favorite(4) =
Favorite(5) =
Favorite(6) =
Favorite(7) =
Favorite(8) =

 

[LightyKD]

Hello all,
I'm gave92 the coder of WiiBrowser .
I'm glad to see your interest in my app (thanks XICO2KX for introducing me to this thread).
About the posted questions/suggestions:

1) Next release will include a setting to change the User-Agent
2) To download a file just browse to the desired url and you should be asked whether to save it
Note: the "download" button on the app bar is just to download images or html/text files
3) I'd like to add usb keyboard support but I don't have a wii at the moment and I couldn't get it to work in the emulator i have to use
4) OriginalHamster could you provide an example of login page you found doesn't work?

YAY and welcome to GBATemp! I think that as long as you add the Android OS user agent, a fair amount of sites should be OK to navigate. I'm sure flash will be a major challenge for you but by your estimate, is it possible to have a version of flash higher than 8 on the Wii or even HTML-5 video?

 

[XICO2KX]

I'm sure flash will be a major challenge for you but by your estimate, is it possible to have a version of flash higher than 8 on the Wii or even HTML-5 video?

If you are looking for integrating Flash in a browser, you might want to take a look at the open source Flash ports: Lightspark and Gnash.

 

[nakata6790]

Well, the freeze during the update is fine, that's how I designed it to work (not very nice i know)
When the download completes the app exits to let you use the new version.
(please let me know if it asks to update every time or just once)

About the settings issue.. please try the last version (rev37) loading it from an sd card,
it should solve that bug
In which sites do you find overlaying text?

I tried r37 (previously i had used r28 from the OP, didn't see that there were newer versions) and now the overlaying text is gone! What's more, greek fonts now display correctly!

However the problems with the constant update prompts (even after restart), the constant music and the rumble (even after turned off from the settings) still persist.
Is there a way to have a manual zoom in/out button too?
If those are fixed we will have quite a powerful tool in our hands!

Once again thanks and keep up the good work!

 

[LightyKD]

I had a chance to play around with the latest version of this browser. I think the next steps needed can be summarized by the following four

- bring the farthest icons on the nav bar inward. Right now, the far left and right Icons hang off my screen.

- copy/paste Opera's control setup. Shit, not like this isnt homebrew! Opera, even with the current browser's faults created a damn good browser control setup. Jack the damn thing and stick it in your browser!

-make web pages look like pages. Right now they just look like words on a white background with the occasional jpeg.

-flash 8 or up, HTML5 video or both. This might be the hardest part but well worth it.


Right now, this is a solid project. Once the four on the above list are addressed, this will be the best damn TV browser ever! BTW I tried the Android user agent (thanks a million) and was able to log into Google+ It's so awesome that it works! Hell, even Opera cant login to G+ right now!

 

[nakata6790]

This same gbatemp.net =P, I click in the login/register link and other links but the app says: Failed.

Another problem I found is with the favorites feature, I have gbatemp.net in the second spot, but it can't connect to that favorite no matter what I do, other favororites works just fine.

My wiibrowser config for favorites is:

Favorite(0) = www.gonintendo.com
Favorite(1) = www.gbatemp.net
Favorite(2) = www.neogaf.com
Favorite(3) =
Favorite(4) =
Favorite(5) =
Favorite(6) =
Favorite(7) =
Favorite(8) =

Hey man, how do you set up favorites?

 

[LightyKD]

Snipped to direct this post to gave92

Gave, is there anything we can do for you to help your project, find resources, research something, test a certain aspect of the browser, ect?
IXCO2KX made a great post about open source flash video. Not sure if this would help but here are some open source HTML 5 video players as well.

http://videojs.com/

http://ntt.cc/2010/08/08/23-useful-html5-open-source-online-video-players-libraries.html

 

[XICO2KX]

Not sure if this would help but here ares some open source HTML 5 video players as well.
http://videojs.com/
http://ntt.cc/2010/08/08/23-useful-html5-open-source-online-video-players-libraries.html

I think HTML5 video players are apps written in (or that use) HTML5 to play Flash video files.
So, your browser needs to support HTML5 to run them, and the full HTML5 protocol is some pretty heavy stuff!
If you're going to follow that path, I think a better option (or at least an easier one!) would be to port one of the existing open source HTML layout rendering engines to the Wii!
For example WebKit (used by Google Chrome), Presto (used by Opera), Gecko (used by Firefox), or other lightweight ones, and then build your own interface and user features around that!

 

[LightyKD]

I think HTML5 video players are apps written in (or that use) HTML5 to play Flash video files.
So, your browser needs to support HTML5 to run them, and the full HTML5 protocol is some pretty heavy stuff!
If you're going to follow that path, I think a better option (or at least an easier one!) would be to port one of the existing open source HTML layout rendering engines to the Wii!
For example WebKit (used by Google Chrome), Presto (used by Opera), Gecko (used by Firefox), or other lightweight ones, and then build your own interface and user features around that!

You say that the HTML5 protocol is heavy stuff (and I believe you) but I have a question. Is it heavy due to the need for more RAM or more processing power? Sure, we can't change the processing power of the Wii but if it's a RAM issue then I wonder why nobody has taken a stab at creating a paging file on the SD card or USB. In short, would the notion of using virtual memory be of any help in this or any future homebrew situations? Maybe it's not so logical due to read/write speeds or maybe even just having a area to cache stuff would be more help than we realize. Right now I'm in "think tank" mode so I'm taking every bit of info given to me and trying to think up solutions. Also, gave92, do you even have any help??? I hope you're not a "one person-programming machine" right now

 

[XICO2KX]

No, I wasn't talking about memory or performance! I think the Wii is perfectly capable of handling HTML5!
By heavy stuff I meant that it has a lot of technical details and stuff to implement to comply to the standards!

 

[OriginalHamster]

Hey man, how do you set up favorites?

It's quite easy, you need edit the config file that's in the app/wiibrowser folder, just add you URL to each favorite.
For example:

Favorite(0) = www.myfavoritepage.com

 

[gave92]

This same gbatemp.net =P, I click in the login/register link and other links but the app says: Failed.

The problem is caused by the use of the <base> tag in the site, that the browser does not understand.
I've already fixed this bug in the svn, I'll release a compiled version soon.
(It will also bring the farthest icons on the nav bar inward )

Rev37 adds the possibility to create new favorites directly from the app: just click on the settings button in the bookmarks menu and then on the "add favorite" button that will show up to add the last browsed page to the bookmarks. (but I understood the app does not save the settings, right nakata6790?)

About the html5/flash support: it may be possible to play flash videos (.flv) and html5 videos (that are just mp4/ogg files) as wiimc already does, but it will take some time for me to do that alone (anyone interested in helping me? )

 

[StupidGamer1]

I long for a browser that will allow me to watch pr0n again. I miss the days when it worked fine on some of my favs but now that a lot of websites have updated......No pr0n for me on the wii. I know I could use my PC for it but the wii would eliminate clicking with the mouse when....busy.

 

[LightyKD]

I long for a browser that will allow me to watch pr0n again. I miss the days when it worked fine on some of my favs but now that a lot of websites have updated......No pr0n for me on the wii. I know I could use my PC for it but the wii would eliminate clicking with the mouse when....busy.

LMFAO! Thank you for my morning laugh! I'd be happy if I could watch videos from Google Drive. I have a nice collection of TV shows uploaded and It's growing. If anything, I dare say that Google Drive could end up being Netflix for pirates if certain communities could get together and actually give it a try.

 

[drakorex]

I cackle with delight at the thought of being able to download games straight to the wii. Has anyone tried this yet?

 

[loco365]

I cackle with delight at the thought of being able to download games straight to the wii. Has anyone tried this yet?

I cackle with delight at the thought of being able to download pr0n straight to my wii.

 

[drakorex]

I cackle with delight at the thought of being able to download pr0n straight to my wii.

Well you, my friend, have a dirty mind. And more power to you. Now if you should so happen to choose, take a break from whippin' your weasle and download some roms to the emulator of your choice and confirm that a computer is no longer necessary to add games to the wii. Or download a porn video and watch it from Mplayer, your choice.

 

[loco365]

Well you, my friend, have a dirty mind. And more power to you. Now if you should so happen to choose, take a break from whippin' your weasle and download some roms to the emulator of your choice and confirm that a computer is no longer necessary to add games to the wii. Or download a porn video and watch it from Mplayer, your choice.

You know that I might be kidding ;D

Anyways, I went and used a bit.ly link to update my copy of WiiBrowser to the latest revision. Simply access the link, then it'll load a page, which is the file. Once it's done, it'll prompt you to choose a location to save to.

Edit: Access the link below on your Wii Browser to try it out (It's a link to the r37 DOL):
bit.ly/YCteCD

Keep in mind, that when you name it, DO NOT ADD THE EXTENSION. It does that automatically.

 

[shortz1994]

screw porn. (i,m more along the lines of a Ted Bundie, from married with childern.)...
I want to catch up on my Walking Dead. no one has the last three episodes.(hulu,netflix,an amozon .).. so would be sweet to download those to watch,strait to the wii.
@Gave92 great work on this. one of the best apps on the wii.( wiiflow is #1 sorry.)

 

[Maxternal]

I cackle with delight at the thought of being able to download games straight to the wii. Has anyone tried this yet?

Actually, why has no one made a homebrew torrent client for the Wii yet?

EDIT : Oh, and being able to get rid of Opera would save me SO much NAND space.