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Wasn't this a feature of Amazon's Silk browser? "The browser uses a split architecture where some of the processing is performed on Amazon's servers to improve
by cmiles74 5y ago
Wasn't this a feature of Amazon's Silk browser?
"The browser uses a split architecture where some of the processing is performed on Amazon's servers to improve webpage loading performance."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Silk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Silk
- ProAm 5y agoOpera Mini did it first.
- iscrewyou 5y agoI was young when that was first announced and privacy wasn't as big deal or a concern as it is these days. I remember it making the news and me being excited about it and noticing how fast everything was. It took a day or two for my brain to catch up and ask "this means they have access to everything?" I abandoned it right away.
- twobitshifter 5y agoSilk, Puffin, Opera Mini, Opera Turbo, Maxthon - are all predecessors.
- stephc_int13 5y agoWell, this idea of a remote browser has some predecessors but the true lineage goes back to VT-80 and mainframes.