wrp/README.md

# WRP - Web Rendering Proxy

A HTTP proxy server that allows to use historical and obsolete web browsers on the modern web. It works by rendering the web page in to a GIF image associated with clickable imagemap of original web links.

## Current Status

* This is the new GoLang/[ChdomeDP](https://github.com/chromedp/chromedp) version. 
* It's still lacking some features of the [older version](/old) but far surpasses it in terms of stability and usability. 
* It's beta quality but unlike the old version, it's now fully supported an maintained.
* Currently works as browser-in-browser. A real http proxy mode is being investigated. Check [issue #35](https://github.com/tenox7/wrp/issues/35) for updates.

## Usage	

1. [Download a WRP binary](https://github.com/tenox7/wrp/releases) and run it on a machine that will become your WRP server. 	
2. Point your legacy browser to `http://address:port` of WRP server. Do not set or use it as a "Proxy Server" (yet).
3. Type a search string or a http/https URL and click Go.	
4. Adjust your screen width/height/scale/#colors to fit in your old browser.	
5. For very very very old browsers such as Mosaic 2.x and IBM WebExplorer 1.x tick the I checkbox to enable ISMAP mode. However this normally should not be needed.	
6. Scroll web page by clicking Up/Down. To go to top enter 0 and click Go.

![ncsa mosaic on reddit in 2019](wrp.png)

## Flags
```
-l  listen address:port, default :8080
-h  headed mode, display browser window
-d  chromedp debug logging
```

## More info and screenshots
* http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/2014/03/11/web-rendering-proxy-update/
* http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/2014/03/03/surfing-modern-web-with-ancient-browsers/

## Credits 
* Uses [chromedp](https://github.com/chromedp), thanks to [mvdan](https://github.com/mvdan) for dealing with my issues
* Uses [go-quantize](https://github.com/ericpauley/go-quantize), thanks to [ericpauley](https://github.com/ericpauley) for developing the missing go quantizer
* Thanks to Jason Stevens of [Fun With Virtualization](https://virtuallyfun.com/) for graciously hosting my rumblings

## Legal Stuff
License: Apache 2.0  
Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Antoni Sawicki  
Copyright (c) 2019 Google LLC