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HBB v0.3 has progressed to the point where it’s almost ready to be released. I am looking for people to test and post any issues or comments.

HBB Rev 8 is available for download.
Please do comment either in this post or on the HBB Dev website.

Edit: HBB has been updated to Rev 9 now.
Edit 2: HBB has been updated to Rev 10 which should fix issues when trying to download at first boot. You can download Rev10 also from HBB in the Demo section.
Edit 3: HBB Rev 11 is out which will most likely be the last Revision there is. HBB v0.3 will be release in 1 to 2 days provided there isn’t any major bugs found.

17 March 2009 (v0.2.5c)

• Fixed issue with utilities section that was causing it to be empty
• Fixed zip progress issue

This update is just a quick fix for the issue that’s occurred when adding a new application to the utilities list. Also while I was at it I believe the zip progress issue has been fixed too.

Download HBB v0.2.5c or run HBB on your Wii to update.

In case you’re wondering how HBB v0.3 is progressing and you haven’t checked out the HBB Revisions yet, you can have a look at this Youtube video.

24 January 2009 (v0.2.5b)

• Keep retrying networking initialisation
• Now shows the progress when extracting the zip files (thanks Tantric)
• Detects the ftpii directory when using a password like ftpii_mypass
• Keep meta.xml name when updating if it has been edited
• Added more error checking when updating HBB, if updating fails it reverts back to the previous version
• Media category becoming unavailable should now be fixed
• Fixed controller screen to display accurate Dpad information

A few small things have been added to the HBB as shown above. The media category bug has finally been fixed as far as I can tell which is good news :). The extracting screen now has a progress bar thanks to Tantric and the network initialisation has been changed to keep retrying if it fails.

If you haven’t noticed some new pages on the blog I’ll point them out. The first one is HBB Development which gives you up to date information about the HBB development, features planned, bugs found, etc. You can also sign up, comment and submit bug reports. The second page is the HBB Guide which explains how things work.

Download HBB v0.2.5b or run HBB on your Wii to update.

The Homebrew Browser v0.3 is under development and I would like some feedback on what needs to be changed or what works well. The two main changes will be the main page which the homebrew is displayed and having a proper about page. The Main page is a rough design, the icons/text will look better.

HBB Main page
The idea of the main page is to make it as less cluttered as possible. Maybe the descriptions should be made shorter. The Emulators button would be click-able at which point all the categories would drop down and let you select which one to choose.

HBB About page
A informative page for the application.

Some Feedback questions include:
Does anything need to be changed?
Is there too much text?
Does the About page need an icon?
Is there any information missing?
Is the text describing the application long enough?

19 December 2008 (v0.2.5a)

• Fixed XML issue which caused a code dump
• Added update text so it now tells you what’s new before you update

Just a quick update which should fix the XML issue that was causing some people to have a code dump. Also when there is a new update it will tell you what’s new in the update.

Download HBB v0.2.5a or run HBB on your Wii to update.

7 November 2008 (v0.2.4)

30 September 2008 (v0.2.3a)

• Wlan adapter should now work with the HBB
• Applications should now be detected properly
• When applications are downloaded/deleted from the popular category they will now appear correctly in other categories and vice versa

As lots of users were having problems, the HBB has been updated to v0.2.3a which should now fix the issues. If there are still outstanding issues, please let me know.

Download HBB v0.2.3 or run HBB on your Wii to update