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And, as always, I just added Firefox 53 to Browserling. You can try this new version at this URL without installing or updating it: https://www.browserling.com

And, as always, I just added Firefox 53 to Browserling. You can try this new version at this URL without installing or updating it: https://www.browserling.com/firefox/53/news.ycombinator.com https://www.browserling.com/firefox/53/news.ycombinator.com I've a bunch of VMs available for free testing. If there are too many people wanting to try it, then you'll have to wait in a queue for a few minutes.

symlinkk 10y ago
just fyi you can access the filesystem with file:/// URLs, and I was able to run arbitrary programs.
- pkrumins 10y ago
  Yup. That's a feature. Run any app on any platform in your browser. That's where I'm taking Browserling. We've a bunch of users already running all kinds of software in their browsers so rather than restricting VMs, I'm opening them up. These are throw away VMs anyway, once the session is up, VM is gone.
  - stuaxo 10y ago
    Ah, back in the day I had Netscape setup to launch exes in DOSEmu.
- noja 10y ago
  You can use old unpatched versions of Firefox...
Manishearth 10y ago
This site is really cool! I work on browsers and often need to test things in IE (to see how behavior of a web feature differs across browsers) and hate booting up VMs :)
- pkrumins 10y ago
  Thank you!
lol768 10y ago
FWIW, just displays a black screen for me in Firefox 4.0a2. https://lol768.com/i/pP.4G.Rb.t7.US.8b.u8.gI https://lol768.com/i/pP.4G.Rb.t7.US.8b.u8.gI
- pkrumins 10y ago
  I must have broken something. Browserling works in even IE8. I'll fix it so it works in FF 4 again.
_red 10y ago
Most of the Safari versions are broken because your URL route mechanism is not prepending "http://" http://" to the front of the URL.
- pkrumins 10y ago
  Thanks, I'll fix that.
JohnTHaller 10y ago
In the same vein, Windows users can grab the portable version of Firefox 53 and use it without needing to install it, without needing admin rights, and without interfering with a different version installed within Windows: https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable In addition to the stable channel, you can grab beta, dev, nightly, and esr and automatically update them within the PortableApps.com Platform. We also have all old major versions of it available on our SourceForge project. They're all free and fully open source.

symlinkk 10y ago

just fyi you can access the filesystem with file:/// URLs, and I was able to run arbitrary programs.

pkrumins 10y ago
Yup. That's a feature. Run any app on any platform in your browser. That's where I'm taking Browserling. We've a bunch of users already running all kinds of software in their browsers so rather than restricting VMs, I'm opening them up. These are throw away VMs anyway, once the session is up, VM is gone.
- stuaxo 10y ago
  Ah, back in the day I had Netscape setup to launch exes in DOSEmu.
noja 10y ago
You can use old unpatched versions of Firefox...

Manishearth 10y ago

This site is really cool! I work on browsers and often need to test things in IE (to see how behavior of a web feature differs across browsers) and hate booting up VMs :)

pkrumins 10y ago
Thank you!

lol768 10y ago

FWIW, just displays a black screen for me in Firefox 4.0a2. https://lol768.com/i/pP.4G.Rb.t7.US.8b.u8.gI https://lol768.com/i/pP.4G.Rb.t7.US.8b.u8.gI

pkrumins 10y ago
I must have broken something. Browserling works in even IE8. I'll fix it so it works in FF 4 again.

_red 10y ago

Most of the Safari versions are broken because your URL route mechanism is not prepending "http://" http://" to the front of the URL.

pkrumins 10y ago
Thanks, I'll fix that.

JohnTHaller 10y ago

In the same vein, Windows users can grab the portable version of Firefox 53 and use it without needing to install it, without needing admin rights, and without interfering with a different version installed within Windows: https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable In addition to the stable channel, you can grab beta, dev, nightly, and esr and automatically update them within the PortableApps.com Platform. We also have all old major versions of it available on our SourceForge project. They're all free and fully open source.