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Wii U JavaScript API
Phrasz
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August 2008

Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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My welcome what? ???

Phrasz
Member #10,091
August 2008

Web API to allow inputs from Wii U controller.
http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/built-in-software/browser-specs/sample/

They say HTML5 is all the new craze especially with Unreal being ported...

Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Who says that? People who program in Javascript?

torhu
Member #2,727
September 2002
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Yeah, I hear Ubuntu Gay Goat is going to be all HTML 5. Glad I'm still on Windows :-/

bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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HTML 5 is a step above Flash, at least in terms of freedoms. That said, people act like it's a fad AKA "in style" and want on the boat just to say that they are. I'm too drunk to look at the OP's link right now, but I find it hard to believe that a Web page would have access to a controller's inputs (unless they simulate keyboard/mouse input only). Regardless, I can't imagine trying to use a controller while sitting at my desktop (when I want to use a controller I also want to sprawl out on the couch with beers in me). Not to mention, the Wii controller(s) suck. :-X

beoran
Member #12,636
March 2011

Well, with the upcoming Gamepad API...

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/gamepad/raw-file/default/gamepad.html

... and with WebGL, soon we'll be able to program all games we like for the browser without limitations, and about 10% of native speed. ;)

weapon_S
Member #7,859
October 2006
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I always thought it was a shame they didn't at least map the directional controls to standard keyboard input. Not really mindblowing, but these features might be nice for Wii tailored sites/crappy on-line games.

relpatseht
Member #5,034
September 2004
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The Wii U internet browser isn't the best platform for a game. It isn't hardware accelerated; Nintendo Web Framework, however, is (yes, they have different back ends).

William Labbett
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March 2004
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