Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
Palary: Ajax browser within a browser
Category: Browsers
The Palary browser supports all sorts of nice things like css, cookies, history, and bookmarks. But it does it all using ajax without directly
communicating with the sites you are surfing (except for images, but no ones perfect).
Why? Its useful for getting around censorship, and is another layer of privacy/anonymity.
On one side we have new browsers such as Flock, we have extensions to browsers, we have scripting via GreaseMonkey, and we have an embedded browser via Ajax. How contorted we are :)
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Well that’s pretty wierd… a nice idea, but when external.css doesn”t render, it’s kinda like using Netscape 2.0…
And here it is: the ajaxocalypse.
what is the point?
I can’t comprehend how it’ll help getting around censorship !!
Because it would require a proxy server. If you’re in China, for instance, and you use this browser to browse to Google.com, you would be able to bypass the Great Firewall of China. At least if I understand the design correctly.
needs javascript support for sites like meebo
also, even though i have cookies enabled in the settings, some sites (ie. facebook) will still not navigate properly
I could not use it to login to yahoo mail or other websites where login was required.
This is so ironic – I lay awake dreaming last night about creating an ajax browser within a browser to avoid the proxy at work, possibly using an ssh tunnel if possible – and here it is .
The really ironic part is that I am at work and the proxy is blocking the site! haha!
Splendid job!!! a page without round trip to server..its really awesome.
i can pull up the pages in your browser but cant log on to any thing requiring a password or log on. the same can be done to almost every firewall by simply using the ip address in the address bar instead of the url. i need to be able to log on with user name and password not just get a snapshot of the site requested (anyone can use cached files through google but they have the same problem) let me know it this is a possibility
THANKS!!!
Forget the fact that it CURRENTLY is a tool for avoiding “the man” the further development of AJAX browsing could revolutionize the way we surf the internet. Imagine being able to walk up to any terminal open a “Firefox Light” shell ;) ;) …. that ran minimal requirements to operate web functions, and logging in to your browser, or hell, into your “desktop” and have access to all your information (and creature comforts) right at your fingertips. It could even be set up so you can select the type of login; be it full operating system like environment, web browser only, application only, or any number of options.
Ajax Browser is my project name, see http://ajaxbrowser.free.fr