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DSOrganize Web Browser For Nintendo DS

Written by Neil Galloway

I have been using the DSOrganize Web Browser for several months now. If you are not familiar with DSOrganize, it is a free homebrew application for the Nintendo DS that is a collection of smaller applications. The best being the web browser. It has always stayed in my list of the Best Nintendo DS Homebrew.

A Nintendo DS web browser is one of the ideal homebrew applications. It is free and very useful. Even if you just want to check email, the sports scores, or something else, it can be convenient.

Developed by DragonMinded, it is a very impressive application that is constantly being expanded and improved. You can check out the DSOrganize Homepage for more details on the features.

How Well Does The Web Browser Work?

Reasonably well. It currently supports background colors and some fonts. It will render images, but not all the time and not that well necessarily. The rendering time can be slow on the big pages too, but that is to be expected.

It works really well for reading blogs in particular. You can load it up and switch to dual screen mode where it fills both screens with the web page so you can see more at once. Then you just scroll and read.

For example, this blog loads in the browser. The top banner does not appear and neither do the larger images in the text, but I notice it will box in the image and replace it with the alternate text if it is defined. The text looks okay and so do the links. Even the javascript FeedBurner showing my readership shows up properly. The menu is rendered at the bottom of the page as well, but that actually works out for the better.

There are some nice interface tweaks as well. The on-screen keyboard automatically loads in the touchscreen when you tap on a text field and there are some quick text items you can use like .com or http:// when typing in the web browser's address bar. You can even tap Ctrl-B to bookmark a page.

My Hardware

I have Nintendo DS Lite (NDSL) with a Supercard Lite and Super Key. The Supercard Lite takes a microSD card for memory storage. I use the 1GB Kingston microSD.

Getting DSOrganize Running

There are a few steps here. I am just writing about what I had to do to get it working for myself. If you have any suggestions or instructions for other hardware, let me know. I will post it and put a link to a site for you with whatever keywords you want in this article.

Instructions for NDSL, Supercard Lite, Super Key

Download the latest version of DSOrganize from the DSOrganize Homepage.
He provides it as a zip file so you will need a program to unzip it if you are running a Windows version less than XP.
In the zip file are the DSOrganize folder, the moonshl folder and a few files. I use the file DSOrganize.nds in particular. Copy this into the root folder of your memory card.
This application reads and writes to the memory card so you will need to patch the DSOrganize.nds file with the DLDI for your hardware.
I have written an instruction page on doing this called Patching NDS Homebrew With DLDI. Follow the instructions there and then continue on here.
Boot your NDS and load the file DSOrganize.nds.
You will see a variety of applications, but if you look around you will eventually find the Web Browser.

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Category: NintendoDS

4 Comments

Milanor Says:
2008-03-16 01:50:36
So what this does is pretty much turn your DS into sort of a computer which, when connected to WiFi can use the net?

franco Says:
2008-04-16 15:17:42
I did all you said. (i have supercard lite also) But when i load the dsorganize a dancing cow appears.

Anonymous Says:
2008-04-28 15:44:29
look download dsoganize and put all the folders in the spot they belong hint read the readme's and it shoule work if you have a supercard lite it should be eazy

henrico Says:
2008-07-18 12:42:38
hello,

if i typ my keyword it is 15 numbers insteed of 13 or 16,
he cant connect wat most i do.

greets