Internet Channel

Internet Channel
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Version	1.0
Type	Downloaded channel
Installed from	Wii Shop Channel
Peripherals

The Internet Channel is a version of the Opera 9 web browser for use on the Wii by Opera Software and Nintendo. On December 22, 2006, a free "trial version" of the browser was released. The final version of the browser became available on April 11, 2007 and was free to download until the last day of June; the browser now costs 500 Wii Points.

Updates

This is a list of updates to the Internet Channel.

September 1, 2009

• Added Flash Lite.
• No longer have to pay 500 Wii Points to purchase.

April 11, 2007:

• Upgraded to the full version.

October 10, 2007:

• Added USB keyboard support.
• Launch time has been reduced.
• Up to 56 favorites can be saved.
• Send Favorites to people in the Wii's Address Book.
• Highlight words on a Web page and copy it to the "Search" function.
• Type longer messages with reduced lag in the virtual keyboard.

The updates are free of charge if the Internet Channel had previously been downloaded.

Limitations

• Cannot download / upload files.
• User may encounter difficulty editing pages with long content due the small text-box

Interesting URLs

• about: About Opera Page
• about:opera About Opera Page
• about:about About Opera Page
• opera:about About Opera Page
• opera: Invalid Address Page
• opera:opera Invalid Address Page
• about:blank Blank Page
• opera:blank Blank Page
• localhost Blank Page
• a.b.c.d:n if n < 80 = Invalid Address Page (Even if port open), if n == 80 or n > 80 Blank Page or whatever exists at port
• 127.0.0.1 Blank Page
• file:/ no response
• file://localhost/ no response
• file: no response
• / Invalid Address Page ( file://localhost/ )
• /. www.slashdot.org
• \. Invalid Address Page ( file://localhost/ )
• data: no response
• mailto: Not Supported Message
• ftp: Not Supported Message
• http:asite.com works fine
• https:asite.com works fine
• help no response
• site.com works fine
• '\' in some urls gets converted to '/' (also // or \\ as well as /// or \\\ is converted)
• attempting to connect to an ftp server above port 80 by specifying a.b.c.d:n gives no response
• attempting to connect to an ftp server above port 80 by specifying ftp://a.b.c.d:n gives an error stating that protocol ftp is not supported

If you have the latest git of libogc, available from git://hackmii.com/home/ogcgit/libogc if you have a git client, you can use the following command to load a specific URL in the internet channel, if it exists on the enduser's wii:

WII_OpenURL("URL")