BrowserGap
Security and privacy
remote browser isolation
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
10 positive, 30 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 17 critical, out of 61 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 7 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea and useful use-cases for remote browsing
From 2 comments
Thank you for this use-case! Would you like to email me cris@dosycorp.com and we can discuss something tailored towards this? :) I'd be really happy to help you.
slowenough on HNSounds like you want someone to log in to a remote system then take over and drive it selenium style. Is that right? Well, I'm hearing you right, then this (BG) is definitely a…
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Objections
Image quality and interaction are poor, with laggy scrolling
From 2 comments
> genifnly curious: who's your customer base? Customer base is people and organizations who are having problems with malware and cyber attacks. > Have you tried using this? When…
slowenough on HNHahah! That's awesome to hear you're writing it in the Cloud Browser on your iPhone! But I'm really sorry about the scrolling. Sounds like it's unbearable. I need to fix that! I…
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Frequent CAPTCHAs when browsing through the service
From 1 comment
Thats really good feedback, thank you for your time on this. Also, that's terrible! I'm so sorry for you that you had that experience today. You must feel pretty angry to sit…
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Latency is high from some regions
From 2 comments
Hmm, I'm not sure if people in the western world can use it but in South Korea (with a 1Gbps network) this is basically unusable. It has too much latency, text doesn't get…
pcr910303 on HNI'm really sorry you're having this trouble! If you want, I can test it. I'll open up an "East Asia" instance and we can see how if it's any better.
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Requests
Better image quality and text interaction
From 1 comment
> genifnly curious: who's your customer base? Customer base is people and organizations who are having problems with malware and cyber attacks. > Have you tried using this? When…
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Fix scrolling
From 1 comment
Hahah! That's awesome to hear you're writing it in the Cloud Browser on your iPhone! But I'm really sorry about the scrolling. Sounds like it's unbearable. I need to fix that! I…
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Questions
Who the customer base is and how it makes money
From 2 comments
> genifnly curious: who's your customer base? Customer base is people and organizations who are having problems with malware and cyber attacks. > Have you tried using this? When…
slowenough on HNThank you for this! Main audience is people and organizations who are having problems with malware and cyber attacks. Business model I am still working on, but it's a mishmash of…
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How the project compares to existing RBI vendors
From 1 comment
Thanks a lot for that response! Interesting hearing you know about RBI. Did you evaluate any of the other services? What did you feel about them? I definitely think the approach…
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Alternatives named
Menlo Security
From 1 comment
And, if you're interested, read on for more detail. It works by providing a thin client over the web that you connect your regular browser to. The thin client provides an…
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Symantec (FireGlass)
From 1 comment
> genifnly curious: who's your customer base? Customer base is people and organizations who are having problems with malware and cyber attacks. > Have you tried using this? When…
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Browserless
From 1 comment
Hey! Thanks for the message. I like browserless! I don't use puppeteer. I use Chrome DevTools Protocol heavily tho. I started using chrome-remote-interface but hit limits in what…
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Guacamole
From 1 comment
Sounds like you want someone to log in to a remote system then take over and drive it selenium style. Is that right? Well, I'm hearing you right, then this (BG) is definitely a…
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