Nintendo DSi Browser

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Browse the web with the second edition of the Opera browser for DSi. The browser use Opera 9.50. This application is available on the Nintendo DSi Shop. It's free.

Features/Limitations

Feature Supported
Audio No
Canvas Limited
CSS2 Yes
CSS3 ?
DOM Yes
DOM2 Yes
Javascript Yes
File Download No
File Upload No
Flash No
HTML5 Partial
Plugins No
SVG No
Video No
XHTML Yes
XMLHttpRequest ?

User Agent strings

Sample DSi Browser User Agent Strings :

  • Opera/9.50 (Nintendo DSi; Opera/483; U; en-US)
  • Opera/9.50 (Nintendo DSi; Opera/483; U; en-GB)

Tips

Vertical mode

To active the vertical mode automatically, add this tag between <head></head> :

<meta name="viewport" content="width=240">

You can test that with a demo page on my website : here

Detect User Agent

To detect if the user agent is Nintendo DSi Browser :

<script type="text/javascript">
     window.onload=function() 
     {
         if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Nintendo DSi') == -1) //If the UserAgent is not "Nintendo DSi"
         {
               location.replace('http://www.dsibrew.org'); //Redirect to an other page
         }
     }
</script>

Key Codes

Code Button
13 A
37 Left
38 Up
39 Right
40 Down

Notes :

  • Only A, Up, and Down normally emit codes
  • Left and Right can be read only if L or R are held
  • Holding L or R disables the A button

See also