Re: firefox resource hog

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Le Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 09:19:36AM +0530, Mayuresh a écrit :
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> Regarding alternatives:
> 
> A lot of my browser usage (reading news, common web searches) is in
> elinks. But I also use firefox' marionette interface heavily to automate
> 100s of repetitive tasks. Have written many scripts for this purpose which
> has created a sort of lock-in.
> 
> While I do not mind one time porting effort to free myself of firefox
> lock-in, there is no such alternative in sight as yet. I do like netsurf,
> arcticfox, dillo etc. but I need a browser that lets me script my
> repetitive tasks.

For this, I would use curl(1) (I do use it to automate downloading of
pages when there are no capchas).
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