pptrconsole
Dev tools
browser automation debugging
SHOW HN2021
52points
22comments
#833of 2,533 in 2021
Top 33%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Sleek interface with good latency
From 1 comment
This is sleek. Latency is quite good. Is this mjpeg/h264 stream? And are servers hosted globally or in particular region? Meanwhile a product like this is good competitor to…
hudixt on HN
Integrated DevTools with the page is useful
From 1 comment
Thank you for posting that link, I did not see that. I love a bit of competitive analysis, and staying in touch with what possible competition is doing. When I posted a remote…
graderjs on HN
Objections
Pricing seen as too high
From 1 comment
They want 30-50 a month, easier for the user to buy a new computer than use the service at that price.
ApolloRising on HN
Styling needs work
From 1 comment
Thank you for the extensive answer, as it is paid service, I would only suggest you pay a bit of money for someone on 99Design to fix your styles. I would love to read more about…
NiceWayToDoIT on HN
No Chrome extension support
From 1 comment
Depending on the APIs the extension uses your could rewrite it using DevTools API and submit through PPTR or the API, but no, because it runs chrome instances headless, it…
graderjs on HN
Requests
Higher video quality and framerate
From 1 comment
Thank you. I'm actively trying to improve latency. To answer your questions: - This is webp images (where available, else jpeg) demand-streamed to the client over WebSocket…
graderjs on HN
Chrome extension support
From 1 comment
Does it support installing a chrome extension that use content scripts?
devops000 on HN
Questions
What is the purpose of the app
From 1 comment
Maybe I'm over-thinking this but is there a brief explanation of the purpose of this app/service? I dislike when apps/services drop you into the experience without any…
mxuribe on HN
How does security isolation work
From 1 comment
Question: I guess this is good way to access possible malicious web sites, how does it work in background what happens with server? I mean except obvious Testing purpose usage,…
NiceWayToDoIT on HN
Alternatives named
Browserless live debugger
From 1 comment
Cool, I’m wondering how this compares to https://docs.browserless.io/blog/2021/03/10/new-live-debugger.html
nicwhittle on HN
Mighty
From 1 comment
This is sleek. Latency is quite good. Is this mjpeg/h264 stream? And are servers hosted globally or in particular region? Meanwhile a product like this is good competitor to…
hudixt on HN
qawolf
From 1 comment
That looks great! I recently saw something like that at qawolf. Be cautious, it is possible to abuse it. (using something like browser cryptomining)
Dolores12 on HN