DS Opera browser lacks flash, video, sound and PDF support!
Published June 29th, 2006 in Gaming, Internet, Noteworthy, Software, Technology, Wireless
A FAQ section on Nintendo’s Japanese website, states that the new Opera browser for the DS will not have support for flash, video, sound and PDF content. Users will be able to bookmark pages, but not save them (eg. for offline use). This may not compare to the PSP which does support flash - though I don’t think that supports PDF video or sound either - but users will be able to pan through the pages using the stylus, and easily enter website addresses using handwriting recognition. DS Lite owners will be happy to hear that Nintendo will release a browser cartridge that fits nicely into the DS Lite’s GBA slot so that you don’t need to worry about anything protruding out. Opera will also be able to store data entered into forms, such as login information and what not.
I think this will make the browsing on the DS quite nice, but I still don’t know whether it may be a pain to read stuff and do actualy browsing on it. On my PSP I still find it annoying to scroll across pages when reading articles. But I like the way you enter the address on the DS, as it is very tedious with the PSP, using a phone like keypad way of entering (takes too long — very annoying).
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lacking the abilty to play flash and read PDF is no big surprise. the complexities in viewing the many different webpages and plugins pose all types of problems, which would reduce the overall quality of the nintendo ds . I wouldnt choose a psp over a ds if i wanted mobile gaming.