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REPL to any browser in the cloud

82 points by woloski 13y ago

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yeukhon 13y ago
Interesting. So I can access the web console right? I guess if people turn this into a server would be awesome. Sometimes I want to test cross-browser compatibility. For example, Firefox uses textContent instead of innerText. I can easily verify this without having to have Firefox and Chrome (and IE, Opera, etc) on the same machine at the same time.
- Rauchg 13y ago
  Exactly why I decided to put this together – quick feature tests on different browsers you intend to support. The case you mentioned gets me every time: https://i.cloudup.com/ZQApueTFl6.png https://i.cloudup.com/ZQApueTFl6.png
  - yeukhon 13y ago
    Thanks! I will contribute when my hands are a bit loosen. I really like the idea behind it.
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tantalor 13y ago
This provides a service similar to "Can I use..." (http://caniuse.com http://caniuse.com). But I like the idea of testing behavior as well. Behavior differences are only reproducible in certain browsers, but aren't necessarily listed on caniuse.
james33 13y ago
Very cool, this is especially useful on OS X or Linux where you don't have easy access to IE. SauceLabs is an incredible service, but for cases like these it is often overkill to fire up a full browser session to quickly check something in the console. I look forward to using this!
- diminish 13y ago
  trying to understand it: is it a headless full browser that we're trying to connect.?
shanselman 13y ago
I like using http://www.browserstack.com/ http://www.browserstack.com/ for VNC'ing into remote browsers.
- defied 13y ago
  They're pretty good, if you don't mind the lack of security that is.
  - avtar 13y ago
    > if you don't mind the lack of security that is Could you please elaborate?
    - defied 13y ago
      They use the same virtual machine multiple times between users. You can basically find traces of previous users on their VMs. Now what if somebody installed a keylogger and you're the next one using the VM?
      - santiycr 13y ago
        I'm one of the developers in charge of the Sauce Labs' backend and thought I should chime in and confirm with you that that's not the case with our cloud. Our infrastructure is hosted in our own data center and we've gone to great lengths to never, ever reuse VMs. You can read more about our "security through purity" approach: http://sauceio.com/index.php/2011/09/security-through-purity/ http://sauceio.com/index.php/2011/09/security-through-purity...

82 points by woloski 13y ago

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Interesting. So I can access the web console right? I guess if people turn this into a server would be awesome. Sometimes I want to test cross-browser compatibility. For example, Firefox uses textContent instead of innerText. I can easily verify this without having to have Firefox and Chrome (and IE, Opera, etc) on the same machine at the same time.

Rauchg 13y ago
Exactly why I decided to put this together – quick feature tests on different browsers you intend to support. The case you mentioned gets me every time: https://i.cloudup.com/ZQApueTFl6.png https://i.cloudup.com/ZQApueTFl6.png
- yeukhon 13y ago
  Thanks! I will contribute when my hands are a bit loosen. I really like the idea behind it.
- deleted 13y ago
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tantalor 13y ago

This provides a service similar to "Can I use..." (http://caniuse.com http://caniuse.com). But I like the idea of testing behavior as well. Behavior differences are only reproducible in certain browsers, but aren't necessarily listed on caniuse.

james33 13y ago

Very cool, this is especially useful on OS X or Linux where you don't have easy access to IE. SauceLabs is an incredible service, but for cases like these it is often overkill to fire up a full browser session to quickly check something in the console. I look forward to using this!

diminish 13y ago
trying to understand it: is it a headless full browser that we're trying to connect.?

shanselman 13y ago

I like using http://www.browserstack.com/ http://www.browserstack.com/ for VNC'ing into remote browsers.

defied 13y ago
They're pretty good, if you don't mind the lack of security that is.
- avtar 13y ago
  > if you don't mind the lack of security that is Could you please elaborate?
  - defied 13y ago
    They use the same virtual machine multiple times between users. You can basically find traces of previous users on their VMs. Now what if somebody installed a keylogger and you're the next one using the VM?
    - santiycr 13y ago
      I'm one of the developers in charge of the Sauce Labs' backend and thought I should chime in and confirm with you that that's not the case with our cloud. Our infrastructure is hosted in our own data center and we've gone to great lengths to never, ever reuse VMs. You can read more about our "security through purity" approach: http://sauceio.com/index.php/2011/09/security-through-purity/ http://sauceio.com/index.php/2011/09/security-through-purity...