Posted on 06/17/2009 4:29:49 AM PDT by JoeProBono
I’m very excited about this. I designed a whole website at work almost straight from Opera. I had access to other design software during the process, but I found the easiest for doing CSS and HTML on, and getting an automatic update on the page right after. Also the fact that they have just about everything in Opera (including bit torrent software built right in, saving your websites when the computer goes out, widgets that help with design, etc.) it’s my favorite when doing design work. I do not use it however for everyday use. It still can’t handle facebook.
Opera makes money from Google via the search toolbar, and from the pre-set bookmarks which are "pay-for-play".
How did you put Opera on your Wii?
Opera comes with the Internet Channel.
It costs five bucks and is well worth it.
We watch YouTube videos on our plasma tv.
Tonight we were watching last season’s “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” then turned this season’s on at 9.
How do you feel about posting SSL pages on Opera?
(DH the CIS guy asks)
So, do I do something on the Wii to download Opera’s Internet Channel? Can you give more details? Thanks.
No, we didn’t do a thing. As soon as we got the Internet Channel, we got Opera.
Go into the Wii Shopping Channel, go into Wii Channels and buy the Internet Channel (it will be 500 Wii points which is 5.00. That’s forever). Go back to the Wii menu and it will be in one of the squares there.
That is the browser you are given.
Like I said, we watch YouTube, and I can check MySpace or read Free Republic! All on my plasma tv.
You do have to have WiFi to get the signals to the Wii, but once you are set on that, you can get The Internet Channel as well as play MarioKart with people all around the world!
A giant leap in the Internet, dubbing it Web 5.0?
Not quite. This is not an Opera innovation. The “fishbowl” browser has already integrated a web server into a browser.
Also, Tonido did this same thing 3 months ago (http://www.tonido.com), offering a cross-platform open source app to accomplish the same goal.
From a browser? No problem -- all modern browsers can POST using SSL to a remote secured server.
This article is talking about turning every home computer into a server, administered by.... whom? Bubba the User? With what background and experience? God help the internet.
P2P is enough to do what most sharers want. There's no justification for this sort of security hole. Hole? It's a freakin' gaping maw.
Thanks!
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