That's neat, but it requires the entire browsing session to be held on their servers, which is likely why they require you to pay for it.

There is this tool, which is similar and open source: https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice Which can used from a computer on the network.

If we were to host it on behalf of users, it would probably need to be tied to BDNS accounts, and I'm not sure how well it would scale (or work in the first place).

But for purely using discord, you could try Discross: https://browsedns.net/topic/6438/discross-discord-on-switch-kinda

Banana!

To repeat: This post is only about the visual countdown timer. The actual 20 minute limit that closes the browser is built into the Switch OS.

We have over 27,000 signatures on the petition to Nintendo to change this. It seems unlikely that they will, but this is our only real course of action.

Petition link:
https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-nintendo-expose-the-fully-functional-internet-browser-built-into-the-switch

@poyo Okay it should be working again on 45.55.112.11

Sounds like a DNS resolution issue related to the restarting. Is it better if you use 45.55.142.122 instead of 45.55.112.11 ?

Edit:
yep.. google not resolving from the server:

# ping google.com
ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution

Fixing it now

Sorry you’re going through that. I can recommend mindfulness meditation to help clear your mind and take better control of your thoughts.

There are some guided meditation videos on YouTube to start with, and scientific evidence is growing that this kind of meditation can positively affect the brain: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-researchers-study-how-mindfulness-may-change-the-brain-in-depressed-patients/

But, still, if you have counselor to talk to, their professional advice will often have better results than self-researched solutions.

EDIT Back up and running, the site should be more responsive from here on.

Original post:

I'm going to be taking the server temporarily offline for not too long, in around 3 hours from now (so for US timezones: 4:30 AM EST, 1:30 AM PST).

This should address some of the slowness that we've been seeing. During this time, 45.55.112.11 won't work on the Switch, but 45.55.142.122 and 46.101.65.164 still will.

It's rough out here, going to try just upgrading the instance until I figure out the root issue. The site and DNS (45.55.112.11) will go fully offline for a bit while I do that.

Thank you!

SSL cert started to expire, it should be fixed now.

The DNS only blocks ads on the 45.55.112.11 adress (not the main one, which is 45.55.142.122). Although, I had been thinking of rolling it out to the other addresses, I haven’t yet: https://browsedns.net/topic/5109/block-ads

So if the site you’re at is saying you’re using an adblocker, it’s likely a limitation of the Switch browser that prevents something from loading, which the site detects.

You could confirm this by self hosting: https://browsedns.net/topic/2072/captivedns

I’ll also note that the DNS isn't like a proxy or a VPN, it only affects the domain name resolutions. For example, if the site is using IP detection to limit you, your IP will still be the same even when using the browser.

FYI: BrowseGPT is back again, and should respond to messages. I'm still working on improving the integration here.

These threads are also useful, in addition to the main one that Raven linked:

The browser itself is called NetFront, and is made by ACCESS Co

• from: https://browsedns.net/topic/25/br

And:

CaptiveDNS allows you to effectively run the same DNS redirection service as BrowseDNS, but on your local computer

• from: https://browsedns.net/topic/2072/r

BrowseDNS provides the redirect / landing page, but the actual web browser is truly built into the Switch, and built in a partnership with Nintendo. ACCESS also made the WiiU and 3DS browsers, so it makes sense that they provided this for the Switch as well.

The Switch also uses the same browser in several places on the OS, such as for the eShop or the News and Share applets.

Very nice! We could/should add this as the default Gmail bookmark

The two browseDNS addresses that look like that are!

• 45.55.142.122
• 45.55.112.11

I do have them memorized, but the one in your post is off by one digit!

I'm so sorry Jared. It's really hard especially if you've known them for that long. There are some good videos on YouTube about pet loss and grief that I found helpful when going through something similar.

FYI, valid IP ranges will always be 0-255 in each of the four spots (from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255) If any spot is 256 or higher, you can tell right away that it’s fake

Discross is an option, for Discord: https://browsedns.net/topic/6438/discross-discord-on-switch-kinda

This is not usable on Switch, but Beeper allows you to link multiple accounts (eg. Facebook, Instagram, Google, Whatsapp, etc) to a single Matrix account: https://www.beeper.com

If there's enough interest I could look at getting a Matrix client that works well in the switch browser, but it'd be for messaging only.

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