Browsh: The modern text-based web browser
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#2Though I realize it's currently offline, can I just say how refreshing it is to see the mention of a live ssh demo with no authentication needed? I wish more tools had such a friction free way to try them.
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#3it seems to have firefox as a dependency
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#4it seems to have firefox as a dependency
Yes, the page is rendered remotely in Firefox and turned into text transmitted over SSH.
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#5Neat! Very handy for looking up issues remotely. It has a dependency on firefox, but on systems that have Nix, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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#7And a full browser runnning in the terminal: https://github.com/chase/awrit
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, the page is rendered remotely in Firefox and turned into text transmitted over SSH.
Cute and sexy but I can’t help but wonder whether it misses the point
Could you share why it misses the point according to you?
On the website the following use-case is mentioned: > run firefox remotely in order to "significantly reduce bandwidth and thus both increase browsing speeds and decrease bandwidth costs."
Another use-case would be running firefox on a remote server with just enough power while using ssh on a smaller, weaker, device (raspbery pi like, an old smartphone with termux, very old hardware, ...).
It's hard to build a browser engine, especially if you intend to support a seemless modern web experience (and thus with javascript, unlike all the text-browsers out there). Some even argue it's not possible to build a modern web browser engine anymore [1].
I think it's the point for browsh to rely on another piece of software that will focus on just that (headless firefox).
Browsh is described as a "text-based browser", but under the hood, a more technical accurate way to summarize it would be "a software to stream a remote firefox in your terminal". The concept (and why it saves bandwitch) is detailed on the docs section "What is browsh?" [2].
[1] https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scope.... [2] https://www.brow.sh/docs/introduction/
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cute and sexy but I can’t help but wonder whether it misses the point
Could you share why it misses the point according to you? On the website the following use-case is mentioned: > run firefox remotely in order to "significantly reduce bandwidth and thus both increase browsing speeds and decrease bandwidth costs." Another use-case would be running firefox on a remote server with just enough power while using ssh on a smaller, weaker, device (raspbery pi like, an old smartphone with te…
edbrowse supports enough js to comment on some pages and download files. Felinks used to work, too.