Web Surfing Made Possible From Within PlayStation Home Personal Spaces
While it may not be the biggest breakthrough, it is still something neat that adds a bit more function to Home’s personal spaces, and that’s the ability to surf the web. With a little digging, we managed to find a workaround which will give you the ability to surf the web with some pals, if the need ever arises.
OK, we all know that group web surfing isn’t all that exciting. Heck, you’re browsing the web with us as you read this very paragraph. But if you’re ever chillin’ with some friends in one of Home’s personal spaces and perhaps want to show them a new YouTube video or game cheat, you now have that ability. The folks over at LOOT released a device called the MIB (Mobile Internet Browser), free of charge, in their portion of the Home Mall. This little appliance was meant to allow Home users the ability to surf through various LOOT, PlayStation, and Sony Pictures themed items through a stripped-down version of the PS3′s web browser, but we had another plan.
After the MIB’s initial release, users immediately found ways to escape the default pages and utilize Yahoo!’s search engine via links found at the bottom of the main page. The device was then removed from Home and then re-introduced with select links removed and some minor improvements made to the web portal. Well, we’ve discovered that it is once again possible to surf the web freely through the MIB by utilizing the portal’s privacy policy page. If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, you’ll notice a ‘Privacy Policy’ tag, click on that. Once on the privacy policy page, scroll to the right and you’ll notice click-able text that reads “Yahoo! Privacy Policy”, click on that. This will then redirect you to Yahoo!’s privacy policy page where the Yahoo! search bar is now completely available and usable. Viola, you can now browse the web through Yahoo!’s search engine from inside PlayStation Home!
Granted, this isn’t the greatest way to browse the web we’ve ever seen, as this portal is really bare-bones, with most options for the normal PS3 web browser grayed out. However it still gets the job done if your hanging with some online pals and just want to hop on a site or two without leaving Home. For all the latest Home news, tips and tricks, be sure to stay tuned to PlayStation LifeStyle!
10 Responses to “Web Surfing Made Possible From Within PlayStation Home Personal Spaces”
This is great information NJ. Next time I am in my personal space I will give it a try… Maybe Sony will unlock the MIB and let the Internet rip like Phil Harrison had planned on originally…
… and I still don’t understand why the PS3 have a so poor web browser component. Really, that’s a shame.
Not to be mean or anything, but there is a reason for why they do not want you Surfing the web to begin with if they had to remove the whole item. What ever happened to not mis-using items?
sony needs to team up with some one like google , and bring chrome to ps3. also if they team up with google than they cuold bring in google tv, google maps application.
What about that new “social” browser – RockMelt?
It would bring some much needed social integration (and of course Chromium)
Can your Home friends see what you’re looking at, that’s the real question lol
Might have to check this out eventhough I only go on home to check out new things and ever to chill with friends in my person spaces.
does it really matter with such a piss poor browser? Just give us Chrome already on the PS3
“through a stripped-down version of the PS3′s web browser” – What the hell is even left after that? There isn’t much to strip off of it…
Great…my avatar can surf the web…big whoop.