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I really hope Microsoft offers a headless IE / Edge at some point. It would be amazing to be able to use all 3 major browsers like this. Heck, get Safari in the
by BinaryIdiot 9y ago
I really hope Microsoft offers a headless IE / Edge at some point. It would be amazing to be able to use all 3 major browsers like this. Heck, get Safari in there too (though I feel like it should be doable with WebKit already).
- luisrudge 9y agothey have webdriver support. Is that enough? I'm not sure what's the difference between headless and webdriver (if any) https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/07/23/bringing-automated-testing-to-microsoft-edge-through-webdriver/ https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/07/23/bringing-auto...
- alxlu 9y agoRunning Edge with webdriver still includes the GUI.
- poizan42 9y agoHuh? They have had the WebBrowser ActiveX control since IE3 I think. That works as headless as you get on Windows.
- BinaryIdiot 9y agoNot quite. It's my understanding it's not as up to date or equivalent to the latest IE. When I tried looking around I just got a lot of confusing information about the control, how it applies (or doesn't) traditional IE hacks, etc. Though I could be wrong but it didn't seem like an equivalent to headless chrome or firefox.
- poizan42 9y agoThat is not correct, it just runs in compatibility mode by default, see https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patricka/2015/01/12/controlling-webbrowser-control-compatibility/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patricka/2015/01/12/control...