Nintendo World Report has posted an article looking at the Wii U’s web browser. Here is part of the article:
The built-in webkit-based internet browser for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U system will have a host of new features, including HTML5 support, Nintendo revealed last Thursday during a Japanese Nintendo Direct that aired simultaneously with the North American Wii U Preview Event. HTML5 is an up and coming web standard that is slowly being adopted by the latest browsers and websites. For example, Youtube (which Nintendo made sure to feature support for in their video demonstration) has an experimental HTML5 version for users with browsers that support it and the necessary video codecs.
Players can also tilt the GamePad to scroll through pages, and the console will remember the name of paused games to help with search queries.
The built-in webkit-based internet browser for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U system will have a host of new features, including HTML5 support, Nintendo revealed last Thursday during a Japanese Nintendo Direct that aired simultaneously with the North American Wii U Preview Event. HTML5 is an up and coming web standard that is slowly being adopted by the latest browsers and websites. For example, Youtube (which Nintendo made sure to feature support for in their video demonstration) has an experimental HTML5 version for users with browsers that support it and the necessary video codecs.
However, this HTML5 support is contrasted by the Wii U browser’s lack of support for Flash, the latest versions of which are also not supported in the Wii, DS, DSi, or 3DS browsers.