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Subject: Re: [9fans] Links for Plan 9
From: mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:51:55 -0700
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> how about writing a "browse server"?
>
> the plan 9 client sends a url to the browse server.
> the server, running on some other operating system,
> calls a real web browser to fetch and render the page.
> the server then scrapes the rendered page and returns
> it to the client for display.

This has been done already -- there's a script and a plumb rule in the
9fans archives that starts a new tab in Opera's window with the url
being plumbed.  Opera usually runs in a VNC window session.