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Re: Show HN: A remote browser product, open-sourced

#21

Hmm, I'm not sure if people in the western world can use it but in South Korea (with a 1Gbps network) this is basically unusable. It has too much latency, text doesn't get entered, scrolling doesn't work, etc... Is the experience from US similar? Or is this just b.c. of server latency?

I'm really sorry you're having this trouble!

If you want, I can test it. I'll open up an "East Asia" instance and we can see how if it's any better.

Re: Show HN: A remote browser product, open-sourced

#22

Hmm, I'm not sure if people in the western world can use it but in South Korea (with a 1Gbps network) this is basically unusable. It has too much latency, text doesn't get entered, scrolling doesn't work, etc... Is the experience from US similar? Or is this just b.c. of server latency?

I'm really sorry you're having this trouble! If you want, I can test it. I'll open up an "East Asia" instance and we can see how if it's any better.

I would like to test it! It would be great to have an East Asia instance for this.

Re: Show HN: A remote browser product, open-sourced

#25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm really sorry you're having this trouble! If you want, I can test it. I'll open up an "East Asia" instance and we can see how if it's any better.

I would like to test it! It would be great to have an East Asia instance for this.

Cool! I'm just setting it up now. Please hold on a little bit.

Edit: Okay an instance in East Asia is up and running!

https://hk.cloudbrowser.xyz

Re: Show HN: A remote browser product, open-sourced

#27
post #6

Hey, this is super cool and interesting! Are you using puppeteer to do this? Might be cool to partner on some of it if you’re looking into that (I run browserless.io). Best!

Hey! Thanks for the message. I like browserless! I don't use puppeteer. I use Chrome DevTools Protocol heavily tho. I started using chrome-remote-interface but hit limits in what it can do with Targets (specifically, flat session mode) and the latest versions of the API. Now I just use the WebSocket directly. I'd like to partner. Email me cris@dosycorp.com

Will there be any architectural hurdle in integrating puppeteer with BrowserGap to provide a remote automated workflow?

Re: Show HN: A remote browser product, open-sourced

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post #20

Is it more secure than Guacamole + libvirt + chromium os?

If you mean running the VM locally, then that has a risk of any exploits being able to escape the VM, and attack your machine directly.

That seems less secure than facing the risk of any exploits being able to escape the hypervisor in the cloud, someohow come through the text protocol connection to your computer, and exploit you there.

The extra layer of security provided by the remote cloud is important.

If, on the other hand, you mean using Guacamole to connect to a desktop running headless in the cloud, I'd say that's a similar level of security to BrowserGap.

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