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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 3:46AM (Unverified) said

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wow, thats actually really usefull.

well,
it will be when the browser comes out at least..
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 4:12AM (Unverified) said

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If you have your Wii set to 16x9 will it increase the resolution to the widescreen format, or will they display in 4:3 stretched?
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 4:44AM (Unverified) said

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I would imagine it would render like on a widescreen monitor- with blank space on the sides. Like I have side padding bars of that wonderful joystiq blue right now.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 5:02AM epobirs said

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Remember, you aren't developing for a 640x480 display. The typical TV is not a VGA monitor.

You're developing for an NTSC display, which brings in all kinds of hassles, including keeping stuff in the 'NTSC safe' zone. If you become immersed in these details you'll come to realize that the shift to HDTV is long overdue from this antique that has been with us since Eisenhower was President, and even that was a hack to add color to a system going back to the late 1930s.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 9:43AM (Unverified) said

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Oh wow I didn't even think about the bars- I'm on a 16x9 monitor but I never run my browser in full screen just in a window- I see them now lol
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 11:41AM Hink said

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That sure is a lot of speculation on the behalf of that website! That's just related to the shop and the browser hack at best.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 12:03PM WedgeTalon said

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Indeed, epobirs. To clarify your point a bit, your average TV actually "chops off" (so to speak) several pixels on all four sides of the display. That's likely why after talking of 640x480, Nintendo displayed their site at 608x456.

I am very glad to see information beginning to appear for Wii browsing. Hopefully Nintendo/Opera will lend some official support to developers once the browser launches.

Now, if we could get some more information on the PS3 browser (oh why couldn't Sony just use Opera or build off the Gecko engine?!)...
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 2:50PM (Unverified) said

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NEAT!
I wonder what kind of content (if any) will be designed specifically for the Wii browser? Would it be possible to blog from a Wii? If so, the idea of a Wii-based blogging community like Livejournal would be awesome, but unfortunately wiijournal.com is already taken! :(
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 4:22PM Hink said

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I wonder how my blog at http://hinkman.blogspot.com would look on the browser? I guess I'll have to wait and see. I doubt the opera for devices browser supports favicon :P
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Posted: Dec 1st 2006 8:41PM (Unverified) said

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So Hinkmania, this post is just an excuse to spam our blogs?
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Posted: Dec 2nd 2006 2:37PM (Unverified) said

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aw man this is gonna be great! can't wait!!
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Posted: Dec 4th 2006 7:19PM Hink said

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No,Gavin. I really wondered how it will look. It'll probably be mangled on such a small resolution. I don't even know what it looks like at 800x600. And since I was mentioning it, I figured I might as well note the address as well.
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