Comments on: The Wii Internet Channel survival guide

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:21:54 +0000

Oops, sorry everyone, I got two of those shortcuts mixed up. Hold B + Up on D-Pad does refresh and Down does favourites.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:18:26 +0000

He’s how you copy and paste in the Wii Internet Channel:

It’s limitted to pasting into the search box and it’s a bizzare process (kind of like patting your head and rubbing your tummy at the same time).

Holding the A button and moving the WiiMote acts like dragging with a PC mouse. This lets you highlight text. You then hold B and press Left on the D-Pad at the top of your WiiiMote. This will take you to the search option with the text you highlighted entered. You can then alter the text, select OK and it performs a search using your default search engine.

I don’t think any other copy and paste facility is possible yet but I might be wrong. It’s limited and really awkward but it’s better than nothing.

More WiiMote shortcuts:
- Hold B and press Left on D-Pad = New Search
- Hold B and press right on D-Pad = New URL
- Hold B and press Up on D-Pad = Favourites (yes I’m English )
- Hold B and press Down on D-Pad = Refresh current page

Hope this helps.

By the way, I love the Wii Internet Channel (plus wireless USB keyboard) and I don’t intend to turn my PC on ever again

I use the Trust Wireless Optical Deskset (Â£16 GBP from ASDA Wallmart) model DS-3400D and it works perfectly.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:52:01 +0000

The Wii web browser is indeed pretty nice to use, even though I only played around w/ it a little before. Hooking up the USB keyboard certainly beats pointing the remote to choose the letters.

My computer is a dinosaur too, used it for “many” years w/ minimal upgrades (most recently changing the power supply).. it even has troubling booting up after the occasional power outage. I should finally get a new one too before it goes out of commission. Nice to keep the above in mind in case of emergency.

By: Platinumeye

Platinumeye — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:15:32 +0000

Thank-you, I use my Wii browser all the time and all those have already come in handy. ^_^

By: Pedro Silva

Pedro Silva — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:32:40 +0000

WOW :O you rock, writing all this through the wii browser

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:22:43 +0000

En realidad es mejor el ps3 , genial ke tengo uno en casa . El wii me sirve komo pisapapeles o para tostar panes .Nose komo hay gente ke kompra objetos inservibles (por ejemplo el wii) y luego habla espectakular acerka del producto sabiendo ke hay mejores (ps3 o xbox360) ,se me hace ke omiten estos ultimos y se aferran a lo ke tienen.

Q. What do u think am i?

A= I am Chuck Norris

By: Juan

Juan — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:31:09 +0000

It is pretty handy and I have to say much much better then the PS3’s Browser.

Also, you can copy and paste on the Wii Internet Channel, Although I cant remember how.

By: Gasshu

Gasshu — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:50:36 +0000

Glad you got a new computer!
Also, thanks for the cool guide.

By: Levi

Levi — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:11:55 +0000

Thanks for the condolences. I’m happy to report, though, that I have a new PC now! I wrote this article a couple of weeks ago, but there was some delay in getting it posted up, so it’s a bit outdated. I have to say though, that I was pretty impressed with the Wii Browser’s competence as a main source of ‘net access. It’s a great backup in case you ever find yourself in a situation like I was in.

By: B

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:34:23 +0000

Sorry to here about your PC. When the Wii first come out their is a site that has a lot of links so you don’t have to keep typing them. Go to WiiFavs.com, I think it might help.

Also if your looking for some more tips on using the Wii Internet Browser try going to WiiRevealed.com. Both sites have NO ADS at all.

Again sorry about your computer and good luck.