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I was wondering about this. If everything goes through an already installed browser, then what is the advantage that browsh has over a minimalistic fork of Fire
by mikorym 8y ago
I was wondering about this. If everything goes through an already installed browser, then what is the advantage that browsh has over a minimalistic fork of Firefox with e.g., lower bandwith features?
- jdoliner 8y agoFor this to actually give a bandwidth advantage I think the browser would have to be running on a server somewhere... so the browser has become the server.
- pkulak 8y agoI guess the point is to install this on some random server somewhere that you can then SSH to. It really does seem like a good way to have a speedy browser experience over even insanely slow network connections.
- mikorym 8y agoDoes one then need a Firefox installation on the server, or can it be through a local Firefox installation? Edit: according to comments below the headless browser (i.e., the Firefox installation) runs on the server. After this, the smaller bandwith data gets sent directly over SSH.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoThe point is it works without graphics so you can use it over ssh, for example.