Homebrew Wii Browser

[OriginalHamster]

Some users reported that updating to rev132 will damage the executable, causing an error on load,
has anyone experienced such a problem?

Updating through the app corrupts the .dol, I made a fresh rev132 install and it works fine. Had to disable autoupdate because it prompts to update to rev132, even when already I'm on rev132 =P

 

[chaoszerobillion]

And clicking dropbox links lead to going back to the wiibrowser menu.

 

[drakorex]

gave92 You alive, man?

 

[gave92]

Hi drakorex, pretty much alive but i have much less free time this days and the development of wiibrowser slowed down. I'm working on some new features: in-browser pdf reader, new rendering engine, video player. They're mostly functional but none is ready to be released.

 

[drakorex]

Well it's good to know the project isn't dead. It's come too far to just fall apart. Best of luck.

 

[MassiveRican]

thx for the update gave92 good to know things are still kicking in the background, however slow it may be, I myself have had very little time these days on my hobby so I definitely know where your coming from.

 

[bezem]

necro-bump powers, activate! Very much looking forward to this piece of homebrew. One question - can you try to support miiverse.nintendo.net? Hitting up Miiverse via the Wii would be awesome.

 

[Acidflare]

so Gave92 seeing as it's been about 2 1/2 months since your last post any updates on the comming of the newest version? and it seems like your going the same route as chromium went with a built in flash player and a built-in pdf reader. Not trying to put down your work I love your browser but do you think porting chromium to the wii would ever be possible? I have run it under wiilinuxwhiite and it ran a divx movie from icefilms.info without a problem but I did boot Whiite with the bootmii method.

 

[gave92]

can you try to support miiverse.nintendo.net?

That would be nice, not sure if it's doable though: as far as I know you must register to it using a Wii U.

do you think porting chromium to the wii would ever be possible?

I guess that would be technically possible, but it's no work for me (and surely not for me alone): it's not a small task and I don't have the knowledge to do it.

 

[Acidflare]

neither do I just in theory I know it's possible but the wii doesn't know how to free memory when in wii mode but when you run linux if you install some task managers that have memory releasing tools you can

 

[bezem]

That would be nice, not sure if it's doable though: as far as I know you must register to it using a Wii U.


I guess that would be technically possible, but it's no work for me (and surely not for me alone): it's not a small task and I don't have the knowledge to do it.

You do need a Wii U or a 3DS to create an account but you can browse the page without an account

 

[chaoszerobillion]

Doesn't download project m, stack dump.

 

[ron123]

Is this project still going??

 

[gave92]

Sadly I have to admit I haven't worked on this for a while , alone I really can't keep it up.

 

[drakorex]

Sadly I have to admit I haven't worked on this for a while , alone I really can't keep it up.

Then it would seem you need to find an enthusiastic partner so you can keep it up alll night looong!

 

[MassiveRican]

All niiiight! Lol

Hey man you've really done a great job thus far and I think it's more than ready to be used as a plugin for Drakorex's Side project for wiiflow.

 

[drakorex]

All niiiight! Lol

Hey man you've really done a great job thus far and I think it's more than ready to be used as a plugin for Drakorex's Side project for wiiflow.

One day, Rican, one day

 

[XICO2KX]

Sadly I have to admit I haven't worked on this for a while , alone I really can't keep it up.

That's unfortunate, but understandable...
I was still hoping that one day we could finally watch Flash videos in our Wiis playing on your Wii Browser with an Adobe Flash Player open source port such as Gnash or Lightspark ...

 

[XICO2KX]

If someone is thinking about continuing this project or, as an easier alternative, porting an existing browser, here are some good starting points:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_lightweight_web_browsers
• http://www.compmiscellanea.com/en/lightweight-web-browsers-for-linux.htm
• http://freecode.com/articles/lightweight-web-browsers

 

[drakorex]

*Attempts to administer CPR* 1,2,3,4, BREATHE! 1,2,3,4, BREATHE! C'mon gave92, don't quit on us now!