Fullscreen website

feyst4g · 06-15-2021, 07:34 AM

Hey all,

I'm trying to build a dashboard that just displays a website, ideally hard refreshing the display every few minutes.

I initially looked at WebLaunch but it seems that package is no longer working or maintained.

Are there any other options for me to get a web page showing fullscreen? It looks like 'WAF' (web apps?) were a thing but not sure if they're working anymore either?

I'm not worried about interactivity, I just want to show the website. If it's easier I could have the web files locally on the kindle rather than opening a url?

My firmware: 5.12.2.1.1
Device: PW2

Thanks

0x6c616d70 · 06-15-2021, 11:20 AM

Any chance you can repurpose Online screensaver extension to do this? Perhaps generating a screenshot of the website on a server every few minutes with python and grabbing that on kindle.

0x6c616d70 · 06-16-2021, 06:01 AM

Hey, just to give you another option if you can't fix WebLaunch, there's this round about way that might just help you.

Can run full blown Chromium browser on up-to-date Alpine Linux

The catch is that it drains the battery faster, and I haven't actually tried disabling the screen saver with it. That and if you lock the desktop I don't know how to unlock it save a full reboot.

Code:

There's also these commands you can type on the searchbar
which might help:

;debugOn 
~disableScreensaver
~resumeScreensaver (if it doesn't just restart)

In any case, you can rotate the screen, put chrome on fullscreen, and watch YouTube... for all it's worth.

feyst4g · 06-17-2021, 07:48 AM

Thanks a lot for the ideas 0x6c616d70.

I did consider the screensaver one, it's just so inefficient (client and server) for this purpose as I'd want to be downloading a new screenshot every minute or so.

Interesting idea using Alpine, I guess this could be my fall back plan. I feel like this might come with it's own set of issues too as I'd need a way to periodically refresh the eink display etc.

I was really hoping that I could either get Web Launch working or build a mini WAF (if they're still a thing?). I had hoped that this was quite a common hack for the old kindles as they're so perfect for this kind of thing.

06-15-2021, 07:34 AM	#1
feyst4g Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2021 Device: Kindle	Fullscreen website Hey all, I'm trying to build a dashboard that just displays a website, ideally hard refreshing the display every few minutes. I initially looked at WebLaunch but it seems that package is no longer working or maintained. Are there any other options for me to get a web page showing fullscreen? It looks like 'WAF' (web apps?) were a thing but not sure if they're working anymore either? I'm not worried about interactivity, I just want to show the website. If it's easier I could have the web files locally on the kindle rather than opening a url? My firmware: 5.12.2.1.1 Device: PW2 Thanks

06-16-2021, 06:01 AM	#3
0x6c616d70 HP: 9% Posts: 62 Karma: 2225752 Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Philippines Device: Paperwhite 4	Hey, just to give you another option if you can't fix WebLaunch, there's this round about way that might just help you. Can run full blown Chromium browser on up-to-date Alpine Linux The catch is that it drains the battery faster, and I haven't actually tried disabling the screen saver with it. That and if you lock the desktop I don't know how to unlock it save a full reboot. Code: There's also these commands you can type on the searchbar which might help: ;debugOn ~disableScreensaver ~resumeScreensaver (if it doesn't just restart) In any case, you can rotate the screen, put chrome on fullscreen, and watch YouTube... for all it's worth.

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06-15-2021, 11:20 AM	#2
0x6c616d70 HP: 9% Posts: 62 Karma: 2225752 Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Philippines Device: Paperwhite 4	Any chance you can repurpose Online screensaver extension to do this? Perhaps generating a screenshot of the website on a server every few minutes with python and grabbing that on kindle.

06-17-2021, 07:48 AM	#4
feyst4g Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2021 Device: Kindle	Thanks a lot for the ideas 0x6c616d70. I did consider the screensaver one, it's just so inefficient (client and server) for this purpose as I'd want to be downloading a new screenshot every minute or so. Interesting idea using Alpine, I guess this could be my fall back plan. I feel like this might come with it's own set of issues too as I'd need a way to periodically refresh the eink display etc. I was really hoping that I could either get Web Launch working or build a mini WAF (if they're still a thing?). I had hoped that this was quite a common hack for the old kindles as they're so perfect for this kind of thing.