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PS3 web-surfing proved rocky |
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IGN took the time out to take the PS3's surfing capacities to the test, and here's what they found out.First off, while the PS3 does allow you to open up and display multiple browser windows, memory may be easily used up, especially if the pages you go to are media or plug-in heavy. In case this happens, what you have to do is to then close a window or two, so you could get on with your web surfing. Also, connecting a USB keyboard and mouse was definitely easier to use than the standard keypad, which was brought up by the browser. The team's tip: "If you're planning on doing a lot of web surfing with your system, you may want to look at disconnecting these two peripherals, which work as soon as you plug them in."
Second, the plug-in support of the system is extremely limited. The Flash rotations on PlayStation.com, which also happens to be the set homepage, runs slower than if run on a normal computer. The theory is that the PS3 is using an outdated version of Flash, hence, sites with the latest Flash plug-ins cannot be hosted properly. They tried this with Ifilm, and they found that it was rejected during browser use. Apart from this, there appears to be no Quicktime nor Windows Media plug-in support.
The last thing they discovered is that there's also a limited amount of support for downloading content from the Web to your PS3, via the browser. The team tried to transfer a file from a website to the console's hard drive, but unfortunately, weren't able to. What they did instead was to get another location for them to save a file to an external storage media, like a portable hard drive or a thumb drive.
Now, for your PS3 to be able to recognize this file, its folder has to be in the same directory structure which the PSP or PS3 can recognize, otherwise, it will remain unknown to the system. Oh, and you can expect not to be able to lay files in a multiple folder-deep directory tree, since it only goes one level deep.
Via IGN
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Come on Sony, get yourself together!
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Linux, Firefox Browser - More serious, longer term use. Downlaods and all.
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I've asked this question many times (since before E3 2005 in fact), and I've always felt it will come in a similar way seen on the PS2, i.e. a HDD with Linux pre-installed, in otherwords, a 'Linux pack' (so don't expect it to be cheap).
Hence to turn your PS3 into a Linux computer, you swap the HDD for the one with Linux pre-installed, and swap back again to use the PS3 as a normal console. This idea has always been quickly put down by fanboys in the past who insist they'll have Linux out of the box, but so far, there is no sign of this being true.
Still, 256MB is always going to be limiting no matter how you look at it, so I think those who imagined replacing their PC with a PS3 are going to be disappointed overall.
Still, I can't deny I'm a little jealous of those gamers in Japan with a PS3 right NOW. :)
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Voila, a fully functional Linux PS3.
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The xmb browser is only a simple browser nothing more, if you want your ps3 like a computer then download Yellow Dog's Linux and grab a copy of Firefox (both free) get the up to date plugins and have fun. Its a console that can be more than a console if you want it to be, might not be the best at it but its made for games not menial office ***** so get over it and quit bashing till you get your hands on one.
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You say: "
Now, for your PS3 to be able to recognize this file, its folder has to be in the same directory structure which the PSP or PS3 can recognize, otherwise, it will remain unknown to the system. Oh, and you can expect not to be able to lay files in a multiple folder-deep directory tree, since it only goes one level deep."
They say: "But never fear, because there is also a "Display All" feature when selecting your Memory Stick or other USB-connected device that allows you to browse the entire directory structure, and thus load whatever's on the drive that the system recognizes. This indeed works for any media type. We were able to run music from an iPod and pull video from a random spot on our USB mini-drive."
So yeah, the folder structure can be much deeper than just one level.
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Oh, and I'm actually glad that you can't save stuff easily to your PS3 hardrive. If you could, you would have to buy a anti-virus app (probably sold separately). The thing is, the PS3 is worth >600 dollars. I don't want the remote chance of getting a virus on it.
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