Wii U browser details – HTML5 support, no Flash, tabs, fastest Nintendo browser
September 17th, 2012 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii UDetails on the Wii U’s browser have been posted below. The information includes technical information such as HTML5 support, and general content including tabs and more.
- HTML5 support
- YouTube works with HTML5 and was shown working on Wii U
- No Flash support
- When you pause a Wii U game, you’ll be able to see images of the TV and GamePad displays from that paused game
- When you pause a game and launch the browser, the software remembers the paused game’s name and prepopulate search queries with it to help users look for relevant information
- Tabbed browsing included
- One multitasking example: YouTube video is opened to play on screen, GamePad continues to browse the Internet while the video plays
- Another example: browse the Internet on the GamePad while the television displays regular programming
- Tilt the GamePad forward or backward to scroll up and down
- Quickest browser in Nintendo history
5 Responses to “Wii U browser details – HTML5 support, no Flash, tabs, fastest Nintendo browser”
By Hisiru on Sep 17, 2012
Well… HTML5 doesn’t need flash support.
By Osobari on Sep 17, 2012
Holy shit, they’re using some of the ideas I was hoping for, like being able to browse while you have something else pinned to the TV screen. I’m very excited for this now.
By Basil on Sep 17, 2012
Nice move Nintendo
By ehead on Sep 17, 2012
So at first I got surprised that Flash is not supported, then I tried reading up on the reasons why. Yeah, Flash sucks. Welcome your new html5 overlords!
By TiggyPudding on Sep 18, 2012
Well that’s not exactly a hard thing to beat