Perfect solution: Kindle Browser open links in same window

[liuto]

I found a Chinese guy announced his perfect solution to let browser open links in same window. here is the link:

http://hi.baidu.com/44670/blog/item/...ea9018eb1.html
or
http://bbs.mydoo.cn/thread-22056-1-1.html?sid=B5U9Id

The idea is just replace the file /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0 with his patched version.
I post it here with my translation:

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要使用这个补丁，需要：
Requirement:

1.越狱
1. Jailbroken

2.安装usbnetwork，并能够通过winSCP等工具连接至kindle替换系统文件。
2. usbNetwork hack

3.是kindle 3，并且系统版本是3.1
3. Just for Kindle 3, firmware 3.1 (My Comment: it works on my DXG with K3 firmware installed)

手动替换步骤：
Steps:

1.从下面的链接里下载，并解压缩
1. Get the patch file from below and uncompress it, then you will get a file named libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0:

http://u.115.com/file/bhnxmx7n

2.备份kindle中的/usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0 强烈建议，以便出现问题时有办法恢复，升级固件时，也需恢复原文件
2. backup your original /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0 file.

3.将压缩包里的libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0文件复制到/usr/lib下，并替换原文件
3. Replace file /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0 in your kindle with the file you just get in step 1

4.重启
4. Restart your Kindle
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[yifanlu]

Thank you! I was going to do something like this, but never got the time.

[proDOOMman]

Don't work with m.gmail.com
Not perfect

[liuto]

Originally Posted by proDOOMman

Don't work with m.gmail.com
Not perfect

I tried gmail on my hand, it do work very well...
what do you get with gmail?

[proDOOMman]

Originally Posted by liuto

I tried gmail on my hand, it do work very well...
what do you get with gmail?

I can't open any mail from inbox folder. I click on message title, but nothing happens
Did you try mobile version of gmail?

[liuto]

Originally Posted by proDOOMman

I can't open any mail from inbox folder. I click on message title, but nothing happens
Did you try mobile version of gmail?

Yes, I tried both mobile and desktop version of gmail... it opened mail.
I saw it is in 'Basic HTML' mode...

But yes, I met one time when I press back button, at that time I saw the screen only display inbox mails with large line space, no sidebar, in this case I cannot open mail... but when you press 'back' button again and got it into 'basic HTML' mode, it works again.

BTW, Does this exist before you applied the patch?

[yifanlu]

So I took a look at how his "patch" worked. He replaced all instances of "_blank" and "target" with random stuff like "xxxxx" and "tbrget". This will allow most new windows to open, but anything that opens new windows in another method or using javascript won't be affected. There might also be unintended side effects, but I'm just guessing. The better way of doing it would be to look for the source file that handles opening new window in the Webkit WebCore source and make it return without a new window and recompile it. This will take a long time to set up though because you also need to cross-compile stuff like fb and libcurl. This will have to do for now.

[liuto]

Originally Posted by yifanlu

So I took a look at how his "patch" worked. He replaced all instances of "_blank" and "target" with random stuff like "xxxxx" and "tbrget". This will allow most new windows to open, but anything that opens new windows in another method or using javascript won't be affected. There might also be unintended side effects, but I'm just guessing. The better way of doing it would be to look for the source file that handles opening new window in the Webkit WebCore source and make it return without a new window and recompile it. This will take a long time to set up though because you also need to cross-compile stuff like fb and libcurl. This will have to do for now.

I guess Amazon modified the Webkit source code and they do not open the changes, not very sure about this. I just downloaded the Amazon source code tar-ball but did not get chance to look into it.

[yifanlu]

Originally Posted by liuto

I guess Amazon modified the Webkit source code and they do not open the changes, not very sure about this. I just downloaded the Amazon source code tar-ball but did not get chance to look into it.

They didn't need to make any changes. libwebkit is the backend that handles everything. browserd is the middle man that gets the web pages and renders them onto the screen. the brower kindlet is the frontend that sends urls and stuff to browserd. The Kindle specific stuff are in browserd and the kindlet.

[liuto]

Originally Posted by yifanlu

They didn't need to make any changes. libwebkit is the backend that handles everything. browserd is the middle man that gets the web pages and renders them onto the screen. the brower kindlet is the frontend that sends urls and stuff to browserd. The Kindle specific stuff are in browserd and the kindlet.

Great! thanks for your information... I will take look at it when I have free time:-)
But now, you know I am happy with your 3.1 firmware. lol

[otichy]

Originally Posted by liuto

Yes, I tried both mobile and desktop version of gmail... it opened mail.
I saw it is in 'Basic HTML' mode...

I have the same problem, but it only happens in the new mobile version, not in the HTML mode.

Which is a pitty, because the new mobile version is much neater, but the old html version has an html preview for attachments, which is also handy - you can read all sorts of documents that way (PDF, DOC, XLS, what not...)

[thomass]

link is dead:http://u.115.com/file/bhnxmx7n
does anybody has this file?
any further development?

[inameiname]

Does this work on firmware version 3.3?

[la8989]

Originally Posted by liuto

3.将压缩包里的libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0文件复制到/usr/lib下，并替换原文件
3. Replace file /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2.5.0 in your kindle with the file you just get in step 1

4.重启
4. Restart your Kindle
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i couldn't find directory /usr/lib/ in my kindle keyboard 3g, help me please

[knc1]

Originally Posted by la8989

i couldn't find directory /usr/lib/ in my kindle keyboard 3g, help me please

Just how are you looking for it?
I.E: What have you done?
- - - -
K3-V3.2.1 it certainly looks like the directory is there to me (although not that version of libwebkit - directions must be for another model and/or firmware version):
Note: Check the date (year) of the original post.

$ ls -l /usr/lib/libwebkit*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 2011-12-15 01:23 /usr/lib/libwebkitgtk-1.0.so.0 -> libwebkitgtk-1.0.so.0.7.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22085280 2011-12-15 01:25 /usr/lib/libwebkitgtk-1.0.so.0.7.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 2011-12-15 01:23 /usr/lib/libwebkitgtk-3.0.so.0 -> libwebkitgtk-3.0.so.0.7.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22081120 2011-12-15 01:27 /usr/lib/libwebkitgtk-3.0.so.0.7.3

Note:
Directions presume you can access (see) the entire filesystem.
Such as when you are logged in over ssh or using the operator's serial console port.
What you (normally) see over the USB connection IS NOT the root of the Kindle's file system.