Automatically switch between different web pages

Question

I have a large LCD mounted on my wall at my work, and I would like to display some webpage with statistics on it, in a rotating manner - switch to a different webpage every few seconds.

I think that I can run a script to execute and kill the browser with a different webpage every few seconds, but it seems like a very inefficient process. Another idea was to switch the workspaces and keep every browser in a different one, but I don't know how to do that.

Do you know of any way of doing this under Ubuntu?

Answer 1

I think the easiest solution here is to use one of the Firefox add-ons to switch between tabs in a timed manner. Here are links to couple of them. We use this kind of solution at work and it works like a charm.

• Tab Slideshow
• Auto Toggle Tabs

Answer 2

Are they webpages that you've created to be used solely for this purpose? Could you use a html redirect to load the next page in sequence after a set time delay?

<meta name="refresh" content="10;nextpage.html">

Answer 3

You did not mention a specific browser so, with Chrome, the extension Revolver seems fine https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/revolver-tabs/

Answer 4

You can use Vue Pilot to do this, you can also manage your screens and URL rotations from a central dashboard which is pretty handy. It's compatible with Linux, Mac and Windows so you can use any old machine.

Check it out https://www.vuepilot.com/

We use this at our office to cycle through a few dozen dashboard pages, works great.

Answer 5

Assuming you dont want 100 tabs open this chrome plugin seems like a better 'plugin' solution. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/url-slideshow/pdblffiahfjjldpkngdpaegghhamefam?hl=en

Answer 6

You can use marquee also. Firstly convert the web pages to images by PrtScn and then use them in marquee. I think that will be quick and efficient too.