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A small nomenclature clarification seems to be in order: "Headless" means without output. It is often used to describe servers without any attached monitors (t
by maggit 9y ago
A small nomenclature clarification seems to be in order:
"Headless" means without output. It is often used to describe servers without any attached monitors (the monitor would be the head that it is missing), but can similarly be used to describe browsers that do not even create a window on your desktop. It simply runs as a service that can be scripted.
What you are looking for, I would rather call "chromeless". The browser is there, but it has no visible UI-components outside of the webpage.
- privong 9y ago> What you are looking for, I would rather call "chromeless". The browser is there, but it has no visible UI-components outside of the webpage. Why "chromless" and not just "Full screen"? The latter is what that mode has been known by for decades? Or is it a subtle distinction that "Full screen" mode can show the location bar by moving the mouse to that edge of the screen (at least in Firefox 55), while "chromless" never lets you see the location bar?
- maggit 9y agoThose are two orthogonal concerns. A (theoretical) browser in full screen mode might or might not display UI elements/browser chrome. A windowed browser might or might not display browser chrome. A chromeless windowed browser would look something like QuickTime in macOS, if that helps you; the window consists entirely of the playing video until you mouse over it.