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space_escalator · 09-02-2015, 02:09 PM

Thank you for your reply. I have tried to load both clocktab.com and onlineclock.net (as well as others that failed similarly) on the k2i. clocktab.com failed to display anything in the webpage besides one tiny, centered word: "AM" (It was PM at the time, by the way.) Onlineclock.net did load all content, but was very difficult to read in greyscale, wouldn't scale high enough, and didn't keep time because it did not continue to update after the first few seconds. I don't know if this being a cellular (not wifi) kindle affects its ability to update the page.

Of note: clocktab.com does work very well on my kindle voyage, but I'd rather not use my shiny new voyage as a clock.

I have tried going into the settings of the k2i browser and turning on advanced mode (whatever that does) as well as javascript, with no change to clocktab.com. I didn't try basic mode with onlineclock.net.

A similar site to these 2 would be another webpage I could use as a clock on my kindle. Preferably one that doesn't have seconds and fills the screen.

I have not tried to run the custom client or server on my kindle. I don't know what the custom client is and the server seemed unnecessary because the kindle can load .html files from its memory without it. Maybe I'm wrong.

I have used this kindle as a second screen for my mac a long time ago using VNC, but I don't have an entire computer to devote to serving a clock to my kindle.

The way I started this whole project was by seeing somebody who had changed their kindle (not sure which version) into a clock/weather station by constantly serving a custom webpage to it, mostly reliant on python. I did try to see if I could make that project local-only on the k2i, but had no success. Maybe the kindle as server stuff would help this?

Last note, I'm not sure where you got your code from, but clock.com is not a currently active domain. It's up for sale and does not have a clock.

09-02-2015, 02:09 PM	#5
space_escalator Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: kindle 2	more details Thank you for your reply. I have tried to load both clocktab.com and onlineclock.net (as well as others that failed similarly) on the k2i. clocktab.com failed to display anything in the webpage besides one tiny, centered word: "AM" (It was PM at the time, by the way.) Onlineclock.net did load all content, but was very difficult to read in greyscale, wouldn't scale high enough, and didn't keep time because it did not continue to update after the first few seconds. I don't know if this being a cellular (not wifi) kindle affects its ability to update the page. Of note: clocktab.com does work very well on my kindle voyage, but I'd rather not use my shiny new voyage as a clock. I have tried going into the settings of the k2i browser and turning on advanced mode (whatever that does) as well as javascript, with no change to clocktab.com. I didn't try basic mode with onlineclock.net. A similar site to these 2 would be another webpage I could use as a clock on my kindle. Preferably one that doesn't have seconds and fills the screen. I have not tried to run the custom client or server on my kindle. I don't know what the custom client is and the server seemed unnecessary because the kindle can load .html files from its memory without it. Maybe I'm wrong. I have used this kindle as a second screen for my mac a long time ago using VNC, but I don't have an entire computer to devote to serving a clock to my kindle. The way I started this whole project was by seeing somebody who had changed their kindle (not sure which version) into a clock/weather station by constantly serving a custom webpage to it, mostly reliant on python. I did try to see if I could make that project local-only on the k2i, but had no success. Maybe the kindle as server stuff would help this? Last note, I'm not sure where you got your code from, but clock.com is not a currently active domain. It's up for sale and does not have a clock.