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Old 02-07-2012, 12:32 PM   #1
Pipeliners
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Question Keboard controlled browser for Kindle 3

Do you like the default Kindle 3 browser?

I don't. Why does it reload page every time i go to previous page? Why cannot it save passwords? And the worst thing is the ugly way to control cursor.

I also tried arora port shipped with qindle. Imho it is ever less useful.

Maybe your know better already built alternative? I was not able to find them.

On my desktop Linux systems I use Vimperator on top of Firefox. This great extension maps the most frequently used features to 1-2 key presses. I do not use hints to follow links on computers with normal mouse but think this can be just great for K3.

I think Firefox is too heavy to run on Kindle. It has a lot of dependencies…
Alternatives I found so far:
Maybe somebody ported one of these or know better alternative? If no I'll try to port Midori.

And I need an advice then: what is the best way to build Gtk software for Kindle? Link against system Gtk or rebuild it (I tried building Amazon's DirectFB under ELDK but even ./configure failed with sh syntax error). I am not familiar with Gtk (and anything below it), autotools, crosscompilation, software porting… My current system is amd64 Debian testing.

Last edited by Pipeliners; 02-07-2012 at 12:34 PM. Reason: Fixing typos
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