SkipStone browser for Kindle Touch - Page 15

user743 · 04-14-2014, 08:10 AM

Was this tried on a kindle, with parental controls enabled (with the browser locked)?

thomass · 04-14-2014, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by user743

Was this tried on a kindle, with parental controls enabled (with the browser locked)?

not the same thing

user743 · 04-14-2014, 08:24 AM

What's not the same?

There's four different things to lock: the browser, store, cloud and goodreads. I said the browser is locked.

thomass · 04-14-2014, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by user743

What's not the same?

I mean skipstone is not depend on the stock browser. IMO it should work fine if the wifi connection is OK.

user743 · 04-14-2014, 09:15 AM

yes the wifi is still on, even with everything locked. so it should work.
thanks

fluffatron · 08-29-2016, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by baf

This thread evolves from Alternative browser thread.
I'll be quick.
I finally managed to turn SkipStone browser into something usable for Kindle Touch users. It is very lightweight and simple application. May be considered as a replacement for built-in browser. It may be better for some uses and worse for others. You will find out for yourself.
I repaired major bugs and gathered stuff into GUI Launcher package that you will find on my webpage. There are some more instructions there too.
Please test.

Hi, thanks for your effort to get this done! Any way it might be possible to get the browser full screen with any bars displaying at all? Thank you!

eschwartz · 08-30-2016, 04:12 PM

Which bars are you referring to?

It is already just about as fullscreen as you can get.

knc1 · 08-30-2016, 04:35 PM

Does F9 work on that browser?
(usually it removes all window decorations.)

eschwartz · 08-30-2016, 05:04 PM

No function keys...

The settings do allow you to hide the statusbar, urlbar, and bookmarks bar.
You can make the tabs bar disappear when there is only one tab.

But you cannot get rid of the menubar at all.
And for good reason -- it's a touchscreen device, no buttons, no mouse, how would you get it back?

knc1 · 08-30-2016, 05:41 PM

knock three times?

nasser · 08-31-2016, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

No function keys...

The settings do allow you to hide the statusbar, urlbar, and bookmarks bar.
You can make the tabs bar disappear when there is only one tab.

But you cannot get rid of the menubar at all.
And for good reason -- it's a touchscreen device, no buttons, no mouse, how would you get it back?

It may be possible to use the power button. After the screensaver kicks in, press the power button again. Now the menu bar should come back. It should be possible to program this behaviour - recognising when the kindle has come back from screensaver mode. The doodling app - "Draw" uses this mechanism to quit. (It also uses a double touch to erase the screen!)

nasser · 08-31-2016, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by knc1

knock three times?

Nice! Last heard this when I was in high school maybe!

knc1 · 08-31-2016, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nasser

It may be possible to use the power button. After the screensaver kicks in, press the power button again. Now the menu bar should come back. It should be possible to program this behaviour - recognising when the kindle has come back from screensaver mode. The doodling app - "Draw" uses this mechanism to quit. (It also uses a double touch to erase the screen!)

There is a lipc command to wait for "coming out of screen saver".
I don't recall what it is, just that it is there.

eschwartz · 08-31-2016, 03:58 PM

Great! So now all we need is a programmer willing to hack on SkipStone and implement a new feature.

Who is willing to go do that?

Yourcat · 08-31-2016, 05:32 PM

"But you cannot get rid of the menubar at all.
And for good reason -- it's a touchscreen device, no buttons, no mouse, how would you get it back?"
I'd try a swipe gesture known from Android. Also there the browser supports full screen without address/menu bar.

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04-14-2014, 08:10 AM	#211
user743 Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 44444 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Kindle PW2 special offers removed by Amazon for FREE	Was this tried on a kindle, with parental controls enabled (with the browser locked)?

04-14-2014, 08:24 AM	#213
user743 Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 44444 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Kindle PW2 special offers removed by Amazon for FREE	What's not the same? There's four different things to lock: the browser, store, cloud and goodreads. I said the browser is locked.

04-14-2014, 09:15 AM	#215
user743 Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 44444 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Kindle PW2 special offers removed by Amazon for FREE	yes the wifi is still on, even with everything locked. so it should work. thanks

08-30-2016, 04:12 PM	#217
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Which bars are you referring to? It is already just about as fullscreen as you can get.

08-30-2016, 04:35 PM	#218
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	Does F9 work on that browser? (usually it removes all window decorations.)

08-30-2016, 05:04 PM	#219
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	No function keys... The settings do allow you to hide the statusbar, urlbar, and bookmarks bar. You can make the tabs bar disappear when there is only one tab. But you cannot get rid of the menubar at all. And for good reason -- it's a touchscreen device, no buttons, no mouse, how would you get it back?

08-30-2016, 05:41 PM	#220
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	knock three times?

08-31-2016, 03:58 PM	#224
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Great! So now all we need is a programmer willing to hack on SkipStone and implement a new feature. Who is willing to go do that?

08-31-2016, 05:32 PM	#225
Yourcat Groupie Posts: 175 Karma: 54048 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: PW3 5.6.5-usbnet	"But you cannot get rid of the menubar at all. And for good reason -- it's a touchscreen device, no buttons, no mouse, how would you get it back?" I'd try a swipe gesture known from Android. Also there the browser supports full screen without address/menu bar.