googlereader for wii (will somebody please hack it?)

[Howard_Casto]

Ok this is old news

http://www.google.com/reader/view/?ui=wii

There's something very interesting about the reader though..... It uses all of the wii's buttons and it overrides their original functions!!!!  I dunno a lot about how this is done, but can someone who knows a little more about javascript/flash look at the source and see how they do this?

If it could be replicated then flash games could use real controls and thus they could be a bit more involved than the current "point the mouse at something" games now available.

[patrickmaher]

Google

JavaScript library for Wii Opera

Wii remote in javascript and flash - I read a few comments on this one and it looks like there are issues with flash.

[northerngames]

not sure if it is already posted in these link's or not but you may find something there.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/wiimote-hacking/

http://psx-scene.com/forums/mii-hacking/

http://psx-scene.com/forums/wii-hacking-homebrew/

[Howard_Casto]

Well i was aware of the sites you guys posted.  As you've already discovered, the keys work in javascript but not flash.  If you've seen the google reader, however, it becomes apparent that it is flash-based (or at least the gui is).  So somehow they are getting the buttons to work properly in flash, either by sending the key events via java to the flash app or some other unknown way.  So they've figured out a way around the glitches.  THAT is what I was wondering about.

[northerngames]

I dunno much about the wii and that stuff I just posted the link's thinking something there might have helped out perhaps.

[sphetr2]

Well i was aware of the sites you guys posted.  As you've already discovered, the keys work in javascript but not flash.  If you've seen the google reader, however, it becomes apparent that it is flash-based (or at least the gui is).  So somehow they are getting the buttons to work properly in flash, either by sending the key events via java to the flash app or some other unknown way.  So they've figured out a way around the glitches.  THAT is what I was wondering about.

Are you sure about that? Ii always thought google reader used ajax.

I'll assume that by java you mean javascript? Wii doesn't support java.

At wiicade, there are several games that use the arrows and stuff. And they're flash. Huh.

[Howard_Casto]

1.  The old google reader did, this one is new.

2. duh

3.  Well they do, but notice how none of them use the "1" button?  That's becuase 1 is used to hide/show the navigation menu and afaik they hadn't figured out how to block inputs from getting to the browser.  Like I said, I was aware of the links about and the fact that there had been some (rather glitchy) progress in getting buttons to work.  Google reader actually blocks the browser from getting the events though and thus you have access to the entire button-set.  One needs buttons 1, 2 and + and - to do a proper nes game, for example.