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Topic Started: Tuesday Nov 25 2008, 10:42 AM (119 Views)
NecrisTEWQ
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The Rogue web browser lets you surf the net without all the hassle of alt-tabbing or opening two windows at once while you're playing a video game, and it's out now.

Well, it's in beta form at least. The browser lets troll forums in between rounds of Counter-Strike or Civilization IV or whatever you kids are playing these days - more importantly it works in World of Warcraft - which means you can have Thottbot or James Levelling Guide at hand at all times.

The browser is free and available from GotGame's website now - GameArena videos appear to work flawlessly in game so you can watch Benny & Richie or Andy Wells do their thing while waiting for the next round of awp_map or something.

Part of me thinks this is a fantastic idea - the part of me which is tired of trying to work out how to do quests in WoW - while another part of me wonders why people don't just decide... Are they playing a game or are they surfing the net? What do you think - should people be getting web browsers in their games to alleviate boredom while they're playing, or is boredom while you're playing a game the sign of a fundamental design flaw? I think we just found our latest poll. Head to the front page and vote now!


in all honesty is this kind of stuff really needed?


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If you're actually playing a game, then you aren't reading a site. You can only do one or the other. Even if you're reading an FAQ for hints, you aren't currently playing the game, so there's no need to have both open for that whole minute or two. There's been this fantastic solution to this that's been around for years. It's called Alt-Tab.
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Well i do know that a fair few of the games coming out now, won't support alt-tab as it can cause some serious issues and really dont like it in some games, I learnt that the hard way. But i do agree alt - tab works most of the time, why would this be needed?
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It's always caused issues if your computer doesn't have the balls, but it works great on my current one with Vista. Will only get better.
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