Use `--headless=new` Chrome flag

[singhprd]

Hello!

I have just read this: https://developer.chrome.com/articles/new-headless/

TLDR:

Chrome headless was released in 2017, and was technically a separate, alternate browser implementation that happened to be shipped as part of the same Chrome binary.

The Chrome team are unifying Headless and headful modes

To use the new mode start chrome with --headless=new

Currently, passing the --headless command-line flag without an explicit value still activates the old Headless mode — Chrome plan to change this default to new Headless over time.

I was wondering about starting a discussion here - should Ferrum default to setting --headless=new?

There might be more to do that just update the option here so it'd be great to hear thoughts?: https://github.com/rubycdp/ferrum/blob/main/lib/ferrum/browser/options/chrome.rb#L8

Proof of concept update from my fork here: https://github.com/fac/ferrum/pull/8/files

[route]

Yep, I was looking at this flag for a while, and I think it's good idea to turn it on by default instead of headless=true

[JacobEvelyn]

Any chance we can get this PR merged and released in a new version soon?

[route]

@JacobEvelyn I don't see any PR

[JacobEvelyn]

Oh sorry; I thought @singhprd's draft PR linked above was in this repo instead of a fork. @singhprd do you want to turn it into a PR here? @route @singhprd would it be helpful if I did?

[route]

@JacobEvelyn don't ask, do if you can ;) Apparently it's not that easy as turn on new mode, as there are a lot of failing tests.

[route]

As I can see it's not that easy as new Chrome works differently with frames, but I started to work on this.

[jtoy]

is it merged?

[route]

There’s nothing to merge yet

[route]

I'm closing this issue as there's a PR you can follow it.