Final Wii Opera browser available for free from today
The Opera Internet browser that will be available for free download through the end of June, has released its final version today. After receiving helpful feedback Nintendo and Opera developers have made a number of improvements to the final version of the browser. Here’s a list of all of them:
* Startup time decreased by 5 seconds.
* Improved zooming and new scrolling interface.
* An improved zoomed font leaves text crisp at all levels.
* Quicker access to “favoritesâ€.
* An ability to auto-hide the toolbar.
* Search button on the toolbar
* Buttons that will instantly type common preset URL text, such as “www†or “.comâ€.
* Improved website compatibility
* Built-in search via Yahoo! or Google
* Ability to view page security information
* Option to delete cookies
* New cursor animations and operation sounds
* Built-in support manual
* Parental Control support
* Display cursors from multiple Wii remotes (though only Player 1 can actually click)
* Optional Internet content filter provided by Astaro (available soon)
* Get it for free from the Wii Shop Channel before July 2007 and save 500 Wii Points (that’s $5 / €5 / £3.75).
12 April 2007 09:28Steve
Hmm. Does this also eliminate the “constantly crashes” feature of which I’ve grown so fond?
12 April 2007 10:35supadupagama
I, too, hate it when Opera makes the Wii crash. It happens when the Wii runs out of memory, usually because of a big site with many flash banners. There’s only one way to find out for sure if it’s fixed in this final version, keeping the browser on for a longer period…
There are complaint topics on the Opera forum about the Wii browser, just look for “freeze up” or “freezing” here: http://my.opera.com/community/...
