HACKER Q&A
📣 rishikeshs

Kindle Browser Specs?


I'm building something that I want to be accessible via the Kindle browser. Any information on Kindle browser and what all it supports? Looking for documentation, limitations, and capabilities.

  👤 runjake Accepted Answer ✓
Take your Kindle and visit https://html5test.com/ and that should give you a good idea.

Spoiler: it scores pretty low but supports JavaScript, which is surprising.

PS: You could have gotten this answered more quickly by Googling.

https://nagekar.com/2018/10/testing-websites-on-kindle-paper...

👤 daemonologist
Older Kindles (very old - like 4th gen) will have expired root certificates, so you'll need an unencrypted version if you want the site to be accessible by those users.

I'm not aware of any comprehensive documentation on this subject though. I'd say that if the site works on your 7th gen paperwhite it will probably work for the majority of users, although there are definitely a few old units still out there from the ~2011 heyday.

👤 paulcole
What model Kindle do you have?