Truth or rumor: Firefox for the Wii? |
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Since there's no actual way to represent a Firefox-Wii combination, allow the above bit of humble Photoshoppery to suffice. We're still calling this a rumor until verified, but according to one site, Firefox is headed the way of the Wii.
Gaming Phreak's Jeff Couret wrote an article saying, "The popular free browser is coming soon to the Nintendo Wii, says Satoru Iwata." With the exception of the hack that allowed someone to check out the Wii Shop Channel using Firefox, we haven't heard anything about this.
Couret also mentions that some rather interesting features. They'll be implementing a new scrolling method they're calling "motion-browse," which lets you do specific browsing tasks by moving the Wiimote in a certain fashion. There will also be predictive text input to speed up writing to around 50 words a minute, says the article.
A couple of things. First, while this is plausible, the article has no source to back it up. Second, the Firefox browser will supposedly be a free download. Wouldn't that be counterintuitive, seeing as Nintendo already has Opera? Furthermore, if this is such a big thing, why doesn't the Mozilla Foundation have any update on this development?
Lastly, and perhaps more importantly, how many "Burning Wii" jokes will we endure as a result of this rumor? Till we find some answers, this is definitely one piece of info going into our rumor mill.
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LOL In Germany I can see it in the Shop Chanel,but i dont wont to download it. It seems to be true. Bye!
tell me if i'm wrong here... ff is an open source project, if this was true - would there not be alot more discussion about the project out there?
I heard that Star Fox : The Galactic War, for the wii, due out early 2008 will be bundled with the Firefox Browser and you will be able to add your favorite Nintendo Game skins for a few points each.
This was debunked by the Mozilla team in about 100 different places, debunked by a developer working on the Wii w/ Opera at http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/show.dml/708143, and will probably soon be debunked by Nintendo themselves. Will not happen, don't hold your breath.
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