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Old 09-07-2010, 09:51 PM   #34
SteveEisenberg
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Re tip in my post #32 above, I have been trying to use the Google Reader's default News bundle, on my K3, and every article I try to read comes back "Web browser could not open this link because opening multiple windows is not supported." This is even true with the New York Times, although when I go into mobile.nytimes.com directly, there is no problem.

On the weather front, I am finding the following to work well, at least in the US:

1. Go to mobile.weather.gov
2. Enter your zip code and click on "Go."
3. Click on "Detailed 7-day Forecast"
4. When the forecast is returned, press Menu and then save with "Bookmark this Page."
5. To give a clearly understandable bookmark name, press Menu again to go to Bookmarks.
6. To get to your new bookmark, you probably have to go down one page, as in a book.
7. When your new and ill-named bookmark is underlined, press the right side of the five-way.
8. Press the center of the five-way and type in "My Home Town US Weather Weather" or similar.

I'm not saying this is better or worse than the weather site noted in #25 above, just a graphic-free alternative that loads quickly.

The webkit browser is frustrating if your only documentation is the Kindle User's Guide. But when enough user discoveries and tips are generated and revised, I expect it will be a fine feature for patient users.

In the earliest days of the web, when I had email access but no full ISP, I used internet by email. As with the 3G webkit browser, the monthly price was right, but it took a fair amount of knowledge. Even today, internet by email with web pages returned to either gmail.com or (at 15 cents a pop) kindle.com could be considered. Or maybe one of the dozens of free email services other than gmail is best adopted to the K3. There are surely many discoveries to be made.

P.S. I've had no crashes in a couple days. Maybe my subconscious learned what to avoid.

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