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Both the Kindle and the Kobo have "experimental" web browsers, but it you try to read any webpage that was made after the year 2000 or so, the site is nearly im
by AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
Both the Kindle and the Kobo have "experimental" web browsers, but it you try to read any webpage that was made after the year 2000 or so, the site is nearly impossible to navigate on them. Even freaking Wikipedia mobile pages are pretty annoying to read on my Kobo. I end up saving the page to Pocket if it's particularly long due to the headache of e-ink redrawing on longform pages.
The hardware isn't enough. The modern web itself resists being displayed on single-purpose devices.
- Legogris 6y agoNow that you mention it - this makes an open source device such as this interesting. Make it go through your own self-hosted proxy, which renders the page to and sends over something suitable for the ereader. Like Opera Mini if anyone remembers. I think calibre has features that can be used as a foundation to build on.
- jamiek88 6y agoHmm I remember that opera browser in the early days of iOS, that’s not a bad idea! Kinda like a plex transcode but for text. How would you navigate tho?
- Legogris 6y agoYou could still have a web browser with address bars and links and all that, just with “transrendered” responses. No need for css or JS.