Browsers built into Human Emulator Studio.

Browsers built into Human Emulator Studio.

All automation actions that are specified using commands in scripts are performed in the browser built into the program. The main browser in Human Emulator Studio is Chromium. It was on the basis of this browser that the first version of the program was made. Later, other browsers were added to the program, and currently the following browsers Chromium, Chromium (Compact), Chromium (Offscreen), Firefox (beta) and Chrome Selenium WebDriver (alpha) were built into the program.

The browser model can be selected using the settings dialog, the Browser tab, the Browser Model drop-down list.

or using the command of object browser set_model

php usage example:

options:

  • Chromium
  • Chromium (Compact)
  • Chromium (Offscreen)
  • Firefox
  • Chrome Selenium WebDriver

The same options can be used when working with the program through the command line in the command line parameter /browser: “XXX”.

Chromium Browser.

The Chromium browser is an open source project that allows its source code to be used in other products, which is why many browser applications and browsers use Chromium as the basis. This also applies to the Human Emulator Studio program, as well as browsers such as Google Chrome, Yandex.Browser, the latest versions of the Opera browser, the new Internet Explorer, etc. The differences between these browsers from each other is only in their additional functions added to the Chromium browser.

Chromium updates come out quite often, and as soon as a new stable version of Chromium appears, our developers implement it in the program, so in the latest versions of Human Emulator Studio, as a rule, the last stable Chromium is introduced. You can view the current version of the program by going to the chrome://version/ information page in the program.

Chromium (Compact).

From the version of Human Emulator Studio 7.0.47, the Chromium (Compact) browser model has been added. This is the same Chromium browser operating in a special mode in which the browser consumes less RAM, but loads a little more CPU. This is achieved through the use of WPF, which is based on a vector visualization system that does not depend on the resolution of the output device and is created taking into account the capabilities of modern graphics equipment. The graphic technology underlying WPF is DirectX.

Chromium (Offscreen).

From the version of Human Emulator Studio 7.0.48, the Chromium (Offscreen) browser model has been added. This is the same Chromium browser working in a special mode in which the browser does not draw the pages that are opened. That is, you simply will not see the page, although the program itself will work with it without problems.

In this mode, the browser works faster and consumes less memory, since it does not render anything on the real screen, including huge pictures by weight and other heavy elements. When working in this mode, there are restrictions on the use of a real mouse and keyboard; they do not work on a hidden browser. You can also take screenshots of only the visible part of the browser, but this can be easily solved by setting the size of the browser. Otherwise, there are no restrictions when working in this mode.

These two Chromium models were added to the program to optimize memory handling.

Firefox Browser.

Since version Human Emulator Studio 7.0.44, the Firefox browser has been added to the program. This is a free browser on the Gecko engine, developed and distributed by Mozilla Corporation. This browser is currently in beta mode. This means that almost all the functionality existing in the program is supported by this browser and it can be used to automate your tasks on a par with other browser models available in the program.

To work in this browser, select it in the program settings. The number of the built-in version can be viewed by going to the about: config page in the program browser and finding the fields containing the version word.

Chrome Selenium WebDriver Browser.

Since Human Emulator Studio 7.0.44 in alpha mode, an experimental model of the Chrome Selenium WebDriver browser has been added. Essentially, it’s controlling the Chrome browser installed on your computer using Selenium WebDriver. This browser model currently supports only the basic functionality of the program.

Selenium WebDriver is the software library of the Selenium project, with which you can control the behavior of the browser. This project is mainly used for testing sites or online services and their individual elements. Working in this mode does not guarantee anonymity, but since WebDriver works with real Chrome, it can help to solve some problems that for some reason do not work in other browsers built into the program.

When working in this mode, a separate Chrome browser window is launched, in which all actions are performed. In this case, Human Emulator Studio broadcasts this window.

In this browser, you can use program tools such as the Element Inspector and the Elements Tree to work with the HTML elements of the page open in the browser.

To exit this mode, you need to select a different browser model in the program settings.

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