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Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#41

Post by kermatt » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:30 AM UTC

egorfine wrote: post #29

> Note for Enterprise Users: Administrators can block the browser plugin by restricting bundle ID com.googlecode.iterm2.iTermBrowserPlugin. I am genuinely curious what the corporate thread models look like that allow running a terminal but not rendering anything in a browser.

Based on experiences with my current corporate security group, everything is a threat.

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#42

Post by noodletheworld » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:31 AM UTC

Mmm… no.

Iterm2 used to be one if my first installs, but these days I find myself in the old grumpy programmer bucket.

Things that should connect to the internet:

- my browser

- applications

- anything I explicitly launch

Things that should not connect to the internet:

- my shell

- my “save as” dialog

- my start menu

:(

> Click hamburger menu → Ask AI to create a new AI chat with the reader-mode content of the current page attached

Yeah yeah cool.

I guess were back into the days of more web browsers with arc and whatever.

I suppose I should just smile and nod; if chrome introduced a terminal would I batt an eyelid?

Still, I dont like it.

I dont want ls to query some external api.

I dont want grep to search the internet.

These these are domain bounded for a reason; Im not a fan of iterms kitchen sync future.

…but I suppose, nice technical work on it, it works quite well. I hope it makes people who are into it happy.

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#43

Post by egorfine » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:32 AM UTC

kermatt wrote: post #41

egorfine wrote: post #29

> Note for Enterprise Users: Administrators can block the browser plugin by restricting bundle ID com.googlecode.iterm2.iTermBrowserPlugin. I am genuinely curious what the corporate thread models look like that allow running a terminal but not rendering anything in a browser.

Based on experiences with my current corporate security group, everything is a threat.

But somehow iTerm is not.

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#44

Post by mugsie » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:35 AM UTC

egorfine wrote: post #29

> Note for Enterprise Users: Administrators can block the browser plugin by restricting bundle ID com.googlecode.iterm2.iTermBrowserPlugin. I am genuinely curious what the corporate thread models look like that allow running a terminal but not rendering anything in a browser.

it would generally be for environments where the browser is locked down as well, or has a special extension installed for "security". In a lot of those cases the shell is recorded and send to a central tool, but the webview would not be logged

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#45

Post by mafro » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:35 AM UTC

openmarkand wrote: post #32

First, we got 3D accelerated terminals, then AI assisted terminals, now web browser enabled terminals. Tomorrow we have operating system in the terminal.

There are only two essential apps on my Mac. iTerm2, and a browser

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#46

Post by 5d41402abc4b » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:38 AM UTC

egorfine wrote: post #28

ilaksh wrote: post #12

[flagged]

Because browsers built in terminals in Linux do support adblocking extensions?

Because of the restrictions apple place on the computer that i purchased.

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#47

Post by egorfine » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:40 AM UTC

5d41402abc4b wrote: post #46

egorfine wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because browsers built in terminals in Linux do support adblocking extensions?

Because of the restrictions apple place on the computer that i purchased.

Yeah. Fully agree.

I am this close to throwing away my MacBook and migrating back to sane Linux. For the last 20 years.

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#48

Post by oefrha » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:40 AM UTC

ilaksh wrote: post #12

[flagged]

On Linux you get to have the “fun” decision of which UI toolkit to use, and pretty sure neither WebkitGTK nor QTWebengine support passkeys or ad blocking extensions anyway, and I doubt more obscure toolkits somehow have more featureful webviews. This might be one of the worst examples of why you should buy Linux. It’s a case of having good building blocks on macOS that are easy to implement but have some restrictions, vs having shitty building blocks (if at all) on Linux.

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#49

Post by egorfine » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:41 AM UTC

mugsie wrote: post #44

egorfine wrote: post #29

> Note for Enterprise Users: Administrators can block the browser plugin by restricting bundle ID com.googlecode.iterm2.iTermBrowserPlugin. I am genuinely curious what the corporate thread models look like that allow running a terminal but not rendering anything in a browser.

it would generally be for environments where the browser is locked down as well, or has a special extension installed for "security". In a lot of those cases the shell is recorded and send to a central tool, but the webview would not be logged

> the shell is recorded and send to a central tool

Challenge accepted. And it's not a huge challenge. I'd say not even a mild one.

Re: iTerm2 Web Browser

#50

Post by t-sauer » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:42 AM UTC

5d41402abc4b wrote: post #46

egorfine wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because browsers built in terminals in Linux do support adblocking extensions?

Because of the restrictions apple place on the computer that i purchased.

It's not a restriction of the computer. It's a restriction of the API they provide. You can simply use another solution and don't have that restriction.