Thread: Kindle web browser open links in same window
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Old 06-02-2011, 12:01 AM   #46
kindle3zeng
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
I'm trying to bounce back and forth between the several current threads addressing the issue of getting the browser to open links that would otherwise generate the "can't open multiple windows" message, but I'm getting a little lost, both in what approach implements exactly what functionality and also in how to implement.

Would some hoopy frood be willing to summarize or point me to a FAQ or HOWTO?

Thanks!

ApK
There are a few options now:
1) patch libwebkit, that's in another thread
2) patch readability, it's basically what this thread is about

For me, I went for option 2. and there is what I did:
1) Jailbreak your kindle, and install usbnetworking
2) download my attachment in post #43
3) unzip the attachment, you'll get two files: readability_min_utf16.js and readability_min_utf16.css
4) replace the files under /usr/share/browserd/readability in your kindle with these two files. To do this, you can scp files to the destination, you can't just plugin your kindle via USB, and that's why you need to jailbreak and usbnetworking

After you've done above steps, you'll see a menu as shown in my post #43, when you press "menu" -> "Article Mode", you can choose to enter the original "Article mode" by "Readability" or to fix the links to make them open in the same window by "Fix Targets".

The advantage with this method is that it's pretty safe, only a few lines of javascript code addition. The disadvantage is that you have an additional layer of menu, which means more key presses and mouse movements, and that's is not a nice experience on kindle. And these fixed targets do not remain to be fixed after you reload the page, as pointed out by liuto.
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