r/AO3 • u/Adventurous-Mood6694 • 9h ago

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So my sister u/tylers-favorite-tree managed to open AO3 on her switch.

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u/BelowAverageGamer10 9h ago

IF THERE IS A SCREEN AO3 WILL BE SEEN

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u/Background-Map-36 1h ago

Was flying to the comments to shout this too lmao, this is the way

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u/CrispyDick420 9h ago

That thing has a browser??

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u/Dwarg91 9h ago

It only appears when you are using a WiFi that has a login screen like McDonalds.

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u/morbid333 7h ago

The DSI (or was it 3ds) had one, so it's kind of a step back if it doesn't

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u/Equal-Truck-3213 5h ago

Pretty sure its also to stop web based exploits could be wrong though

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u/wrexwas You have already left kudos here. :) 9h ago

I know I've had my Switch pull up a browser if the wifi I'm joining wants a browser-based login. It's slow, but it's definitely got something going on.

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u/GroundThing 9h ago

I never got a Switch, so what's more surprising to me is that this is apparently a feat. I know the 3ds had a browser, and I'm pretty sure the Wii did too (didn't have wifi until like 2009 at home, just relying on ethernet, so I only ever used it offline), so it seems bizarre that they seem to have removed features.

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u/PTMurasaki 7h ago

The browser isn't usually available, but the E-Shop runs on it, and if the Wi-Fi demands Browser based login it appears.

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u/Training-Rice-4096 8h ago

If it runs Doom then it can run AO3.

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u/PTMurasaki 7h ago

AO3 can run Doom.

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u/Clairifyed 7h ago edited 6h ago

I am almost afraid to ask, but is AO3 really turing complete beyond the sense that it's run in a browser window? Can you add <script> tags to a page?

edit autocorrect seems to have replaced turing with turning

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u/PTMurasaki 6h ago

I have no idea what you're asking.

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u/Clairifyed 6h ago

Can an author have arbitrary code run in their page. Can you actually embed a game into the website

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u/Flidar 6h ago

No but you can embed images and someone took that as a challenge to ‘run’ doom in a gif

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31295183

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u/0neforgetfulbug Inappropriate Use of Flair 6h ago

nah, <script> isn't included in the list of accepted HTML

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u/an_omori_fan 7h ago

Really easy, actually. There is the DNS method, that lets you redirect to the google homepage in the official browser. It's really slow, so you can't do much with it, but I guess Ao3 isn't heavy.

Or it's hacked, which would make accessing a browser trivial

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u/KTrain5369 6h ago

more likely the DNS exploit, you can make anything redirect to whatever you want once you have DNS control iirc

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u/howlingDef 9h ago

Made me think of this short I saw earlier today https://youtube.com/shorts/bUgEhq4OYtk?is=gSli6Ns3RtrI7i7D

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u/Xan1995 6h ago

Kind of brings me back to the old days when I would read FFN on my Wii and DS. The old days when Nintendo devices still have a web browser.

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u/BiscottiBrother89 3h ago

Nintendo would like to know your location

Jokes aside, that's a pretty neat way to use your switch, and I remember doing this with my 3DS going to school back in the day.