browservice, enables browsing the modern web on historical browsers

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hi all aros users

A friend of mine made me know this project, I still didn't try it could be useful with Odyssey 8)

https://rb.gy/sl7xw7



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hi all aros users

A friend of mine made me know this project, I still didn't try it could be useful with Odyssey 8)

https://rb.gy/sl7xw7

It says that Browservice runs Chromium.

How could that work for AROS?




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I think so but I have not tried



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It says that Browservice runs Chromium.

How could that work for AROS?
Because the browserservice itself is not running on AROS but on a Linux or Windows machine.

The AROS browser uses the proxy that runs on such a machine and the proxy itself directs the requests to the chromium (CEF) instance (that runs in the background on the same machine as the proxy).

CEF renders it's own instance to an image, which is transferred to to the AROS webbrowser. That is what you get to see in the AROS webbrowser. I presume that is why the javascript is needed, in order to transfer the input from the AROS browser back to CEF, so that you can enter url's, click links, fill in edit-fields etc.

That input allows you to "control" the CEF instance "remotely".

In theory that should work perfectly although I guess not so for heavy animated websites (video's), but afaik that is not the aim of the project (even though it does state it works with those as well as long as your connection is fast enough).

If you would have to make a comparison then you could probably compare it with VNC, but with some serious twists.
« Last Edit: August 08, 2022, 06:55:23 PM by magorium »



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I saw a video of OS 4 and Odyssey and works :)



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Now I try to install the service on an Acer Aspire One even if I currently have no problems with Odyssey I don't go to sites where I can't enter :)



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I can't configure everything I'm not very practical, I'm using a dell SFF with Windows 10 as host :-\



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I can't configure everything I'm not very practical, I'm using a dell SFF with Windows 10 as host :-\
What is it exactly that you can't configure ?

I have not experimented with this browserservice yet but I can try and give you some idea's/pointers in case you want to.

You mentioned that you use windows 10 as a host. Can you run the webservice successful on that machine ? You can test that with opening a browser on the same windows machine and try connecting to the proxy using by using the correct ip-address (local ip) and port number.


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ok magorium, just download the package and perform cmd "browservice.exe --vice-opt-http-listen-addr=your_local_ip:8080" ok the services run, after Odyssey you have to insert on url http://your_local_windows_ip:8080 and voilą






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salvo

Your browser troubles are over. No more worries.  :D

But is it faster & better than normal browsing?



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yes miker run fine and It depends on the computer where the service is installed, I have a core duo 2 and the result is also acceptable on YouTube, only you have to configure the scrollbar if not there are problems



yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh ;D



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Does this suggest that aros hosted could use the same host for browserservice? Perhaps irrelevant but curious

Retired.. and working harder than ever


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Does this suggest that aros hosted could use the same host for browserservice? Perhaps irrelevant but curious

Yes, if the network will work on AROS Hosted ! in practice and how to use a proxy


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Does this suggest that aros hosted could use the same host for browserservice? Perhaps irrelevant but curious

Good question. I'm curious about the answer.

But if you are running AROS hosted you have access to the browsers on the host system already.

Maybe even Host Bridge could launch them from AROS.



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miker this also applies to the native, if I have turned on the PC I surf directly with the PC which is faster, and then if I use only one computer, I save Electricity Energy "today very costly"