Currently this is just a server that can proxy all content from any website through a single origin. It's the beginning of a potential experiment in offline webmaking, though.
npm install
node app.js
Then visit http://localhost:3000/ in your browser.
- Configured as a browser's proxy server for accessing offline content.
- Accessing all content in a webpage via a single, unrestricted
origin (bypassing same-origin security restrictions,
X-Frame-Options/CSP/CORS headers, and so forth). - Configured with an appcache manifest to allow a mobile browser to access content offline.
- Blocking third-party tracking services without requiring browser configuration.
- Allowing anyone to localize any website without needing to ask for permission.
- Creating "standalone" X-ray Goggles remixes.
- Doing things that addons or bookmarklets normally do, but on
the proxy-side, e.g.
- parental controls
- content filtering
- adding webmaker "hooks" to e.g. every image
- presenting page assets in a completely different way
- The Webmaker Field Research Report - Bangladesh mentions that data is slow and costs lots of money, so most people either use the apps that came preloaded with their phones, or they manually transfer them from their friends' storage devices.
- Lots of anecdotal evidence from Hive organizations that need to hold events in places with spotty or nonexistent wi-fi.
- The Cuba's underground alternative to the internet segment on Spark describes how many Cubans use a massive hard drive containing an image of the internet's most popular sites.
- The If the kids don't have wi-fi... segment on Spark describes how strategically-parked school buses are delivering wi-fi to students that don't have it at home.
- Bug 1036975, "Content Security Policy breaks Webmaker's X-Ray Goggles"