Hack to Toggle Location Info at Bottom of Screen?

CyberpunkDad · 11-30-2010, 12:11 AM

Did a few searches, my apologies if I missed a previous post. Has anyone made a hack to make the location info at the bottom of the kindle togglable on and off, preferably via a shortcut or menu option.

Just thought I'd ask.

grizedale · 11-30-2010, 05:20 AM

This would make reading on my K3 perfect, it's the first feedback I made to Amazon when I received my K3 in Sept...

Please make it so...

violent23 · 12-02-2010, 03:45 PM

Would also love to have this.

primeintuition · 12-17-2010, 04:10 PM

I'd like to bump this thread for more notice - I for one would enjoy reading on my Kindle a lot more without that location bar.

Consider it, please! You'll earn my eternal gratitude.

SunLight · 12-17-2010, 04:19 PM

If you could remove it thus allowing for more text on the screen, then it would be perfect

primeintuition · 12-17-2010, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SunLight

If you could remove it thus allowing for more text on the screen, then it would be perfect

Yeah, that would be perfect... but personally I'd settle for simply removing it in favor of blank space. I find it very distracting. It's hard to get into "the zone" and focus on the material when I'm interrupted by a progress update at the end of every page. I find myself racing the location bar and trying to calculate the number of locations per page and the number of pages per percentage point...

Yeah, I'm odd, but I can't be the only one. The location bar is a curse!

SunLight · 12-17-2010, 04:37 PM

I'd also be in favor of removing the Title-Wifi/3G Battery Bar when reading ebooks,

FF2 · 12-17-2010, 07:44 PM

On the k3, the top bar info disappears automatically. Pressing Menu will reveal/hide it.

CyberpunkDad · 12-20-2010, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FF2

On the k3, the top bar info disappears automatically. Pressing Menu will reveal/hide it.

It would be great if the location info was displayed when the menu button was pushed and disappeared when you pressed the forward or backward page.

I really don't understand why they have to have it displayed. I can understand that some people want to know how far they are in the book, but there should be a more unobtrusive way to get that info.

How hard would this be to remove?

wesleyer · 12-28-2010, 09:56 AM

Unfortunately this would probably involve changing the Kindle Java framework. Since the source code for that is not released by Amazon, this task would be very hard to accomplish.
The hacks so far (screensaver, fonts, etc) do not directly touch that, they work by changing the Linux filesystem and/or changing/adding some scripts.
Maybe someone with better knowledge on the Kindle internals can discover a clever way to do that, but for me it does not seem to be an easy task.

zetlorf · 12-28-2010, 02:19 PM

If you install fbKindle, there is an option to hide the location bar...

grizedale · 12-28-2010, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zetlorf

If you install fbKindle, there is an option to hide the location bar...

and fbKindle is?

kranu · 12-28-2010, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grizedale

and fbKindle is?

a hack. Search this forum for it...

grizedale · 12-28-2010, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kranu

a hack. Search this forum for it...

I did know, i Just thought it would have been nice if the poster had given a bit more info...

CyberpunkDad · 12-28-2010, 11:36 PM

So I have to install a Russian Alpha hack to get rid of the location bar... hmm.. sounds risky. hehe

11-30-2010, 12:11 AM	#1
CyberpunkDad Neuromancer Fanboi Posts: 49 Karma: 480 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3 / 3G	Hack to Toggle Location Info at Bottom of Screen? Did a few searches, my apologies if I missed a previous post. Has anyone made a hack to make the location info at the bottom of the kindle togglable on and off, preferably via a shortcut or menu option. Just thought I'd ask.

12-17-2010, 04:10 PM	#4
primeintuition Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: none	I'd like to bump this thread for more notice - I for one would enjoy reading on my Kindle a lot more without that location bar. Consider it, please! You'll earn my eternal gratitude. Last edited by primeintuition; 11-22-2016 at 01:42 PM.

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11-30-2010, 05:20 AM	#2
grizedale kindle Convert Posts: 188 Karma: 5628 Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK, County Durham Device: kindle Oasis	This would make reading on my K3 perfect, it's the first feedback I made to Amazon when I received my K3 in Sept... Please make it so...

12-02-2010, 03:45 PM	#3
violent23 Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 674 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis 2017, Kindle Voyage, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Keyboard	Would also love to have this.

12-17-2010, 04:19 PM	#5
SunLight Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 36 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	If you could remove it thus allowing for more text on the screen, then it would be perfect

12-17-2010, 04:37 PM	#7
SunLight Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 36 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	I'd also be in favor of removing the Title-Wifi/3G Battery Bar when reading ebooks,

12-17-2010, 07:44 PM	#8
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	On the k3, the top bar info disappears automatically. Pressing Menu will reveal/hide it.

12-28-2010, 09:56 AM	#10
wesleyer Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 604 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	Unfortunately this would probably involve changing the Kindle Java framework. Since the source code for that is not released by Amazon, this task would be very hard to accomplish. The hacks so far (screensaver, fonts, etc) do not directly touch that, they work by changing the Linux filesystem and/or changing/adding some scripts. Maybe someone with better knowledge on the Kindle internals can discover a clever way to do that, but for me it does not seem to be an easy task.

12-28-2010, 02:19 PM	#11
zetlorf Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3	If you install fbKindle, there is an option to hide the location bar...

12-28-2010, 11:36 PM	#15
CyberpunkDad Neuromancer Fanboi Posts: 49 Karma: 480 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3 / 3G	So I have to install a Russian Alpha hack to get rid of the location bar... hmm.. sounds risky. hehe

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