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I almost bought this eink yesterday to test it out, but as I'm seeing here and I thought, it seems a bit small. I am also considering getting a kindle and just

I almost bought this eink yesterday to test it out, but as I'm seeing here and I thought, it seems a bit small. I am also considering getting a kindle and just putting a small html page on it so I don't have to get down to the pixel-level. I remember when I tried to use my now-defunct kindle that JS was giving some funny errors, probably should be treated as an old browser. Been holding out to see if a usb-c kindle comes up but people have been complaining for years now.

eulers_secret 7y ago
I did something like this on an old rooted kindle paperwhite. I wrote the script in bash, it uses a cross-compiled imagemagick to render an image, then pushes it to the screen using the 'eips' command. I still use it every day, it's my only living room clock now.
ryanianian 7y ago
The html browser on e-ink kindles is absurdly terrible (I think intentionally to discourage using the 'free' 3G for surfing). You may be able to get it to work, but godspeed. While not e-ink, I bought a handful of cheap used iPad-minis and mounted them on the wall. Serve them a little HTML UI from a raspberrypi in the closet. I tried a cheapo kindle fire, but it wasn't possible to get the browser to go "full-screen". I get the appeal of e-ink for a dashboard, but having fast-refresh, color, fast touch-response, a modern browser, and other things make for a much more pleasant UX (at the expense of being bright and having to worry about powering the thing).
- ben174 7y ago
  To me, the appeal of e-ink is the fact it completely blends in with your room. There is no glow, no distraction when watching television. It's lit by your room. Also it doesn't feel "wasteful" to have it lit up when no one is in the room.
nrp 7y ago
Inkplate may be what you’re looking for, though it isn’t shipping yet: https://www.crowdsupply.com/e-radionica/inkplate-6 https://www.crowdsupply.com/e-radionica/inkplate-6
- dguo 7y ago
  I have my eye on that one. One of the creators just did an AMA on Discord an hour ago: https://discordapp.com/channels/571093131651448852/703384583252475914 https://discordapp.com/channels/571093131651448852/703384583... I think I'm going to hold out for the Inkplate 10 (9.7" screen), which he mentioned when someone asked about upcoming plans.
  - Matrixik 7y ago
    This is the proper link to Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/6EQjqNv https://discordapp.com/invite/6EQjqNv
opencl 7y ago
There are some Android-based e-ink readers (including some of the Nook models and various Chinese brands) that have modern-ish browsers, you can make a page and wrap it in a webview or write a normal Android app.

eulers_secret 7y ago

I did something like this on an old rooted kindle paperwhite. I wrote the script in bash, it uses a cross-compiled imagemagick to render an image, then pushes it to the screen using the 'eips' command. I still use it every day, it's my only living room clock now.

ryanianian 7y ago

The html browser on e-ink kindles is absurdly terrible (I think intentionally to discourage using the 'free' 3G for surfing). You may be able to get it to work, but godspeed. While not e-ink, I bought a handful of cheap used iPad-minis and mounted them on the wall. Serve them a little HTML UI from a raspberrypi in the closet. I tried a cheapo kindle fire, but it wasn't possible to get the browser to go "full-screen". I get the appeal of e-ink for a dashboard, but having fast-refresh, color, fast touch-response, a modern browser, and other things make for a much more pleasant UX (at the expense of being bright and having to worry about powering the thing).

ben174 7y ago
To me, the appeal of e-ink is the fact it completely blends in with your room. There is no glow, no distraction when watching television. It's lit by your room. Also it doesn't feel "wasteful" to have it lit up when no one is in the room.

nrp 7y ago

Inkplate may be what you’re looking for, though it isn’t shipping yet: https://www.crowdsupply.com/e-radionica/inkplate-6 https://www.crowdsupply.com/e-radionica/inkplate-6

dguo 7y ago
I have my eye on that one. One of the creators just did an AMA on Discord an hour ago: https://discordapp.com/channels/571093131651448852/703384583252475914 https://discordapp.com/channels/571093131651448852/703384583... I think I'm going to hold out for the Inkplate 10 (9.7" screen), which he mentioned when someone asked about upcoming plans.
- Matrixik 7y ago
  This is the proper link to Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/6EQjqNv https://discordapp.com/invite/6EQjqNv

opencl 7y ago

There are some Android-based e-ink readers (including some of the Nook models and various Chinese brands) that have modern-ish browsers, you can make a page and wrap it in a webview or write a normal Android app.