Comments on: FAQ: What’s the difference between a Real Browser User and a Virtual User? http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/ All about browsers, performance testing, and load testing Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bryan Fullerton http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/comment-page-1/#comment-11842 Bryan Fullerton Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:25:25 +0000 http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/#comment-11842 Ah, another reply from BrowserMob support, the VU for monitoring feature is still in beta and needs to be enabled per-account. Ah, another reply from BrowserMob support, the VU for monitoring feature is still in beta and needs to be enabled per-account.

]]> By: Bryan Fullerton http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/comment-page-1/#comment-11839 Bryan Fullerton Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:22:15 +0000 http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/#comment-11839 According to BrowserMob support it's not possible to use VU scripts for monitoring. Was this feature abandoned? According to BrowserMob support it’s not possible to use VU scripts for monitoring. Was this feature abandoned?

]]> By: Patrick Lightbody http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/comment-page-1/#comment-4543 Patrick Lightbody Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:57:06 +0000 http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/#comment-4543 Nick, Monitoring with VUs is a feature we are adding in just the next few days. Please watch out for an announcement from our blog! Patrick Nick,
Monitoring with VUs is a feature we are adding in just the next few days. Please watch out for an announcement from our blog!

Patrick

]]> By: Nick dos http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 Nick dos Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:58:38 +0000 http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/#comment-4524 It appears that I cannot select a VU script for a monitoring task. I could not find anything in the documentation that mentions this restriction. I would like to monitor a JSON web service and the VU script is much simpler for this... It appears that I cannot select a VU script for a monitoring task. I could not find anything in the documentation that mentions this restriction.

I would like to monitor a JSON web service and the VU script is much simpler for this…

]]> By: Patrick Lightbody http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/comment-page-1/#comment-3125 Patrick Lightbody Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:06:55 +0000 http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/#comment-3125 Sanjay, Good catch! We've fixed it. Patrick Sanjay,
Good catch! We’ve fixed it.

Patrick

]]> By: Sanjay http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 Sanjay Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:20:25 +0000 http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/#comment-3121 There is typo on the page – please correct it- RBY should be changed to = = > RBU in the following snippet. Scripting Effort While RBUs are more realistic but cost a bit more, it also helps to understand the level of effort to write and maintain RBY and VU scripts. Remember that RBU scripts interact at the application level, while VU scripts interact at the protocol level. There is typo on the page – please correct it-

RBY should be changed to = = > RBU in the following snippet.

Scripting Effort
While RBUs are more realistic but cost a bit more, it also helps to understand the level of effort to write and maintain RBY and VU scripts. Remember that RBU scripts interact at the application level, while VU scripts interact at the protocol level.

]]> By: Sanjay http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/comment-page-1/#comment-3120 Sanjay Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:19:21 +0000 http://blog.browsermob.com/2009/12/faq-whats-the-difference-between-a-real-browser-user-and-a-virtual-user/#comment-3120 There is typo on the page - please correct it- RBY should be changed to = = > RBY in the following snippet. Scripting Effort While RBUs are more realistic but cost a bit more, it also helps to understand the level of effort to write and maintain RBY and VU scripts. Remember that RBU scripts interact at the application level, while VU scripts interact at the protocol level. There is typo on the page – please correct it-
RBY should be changed to = = > RBY in the following snippet.

Scripting Effort
While RBUs are more realistic but cost a bit more, it also helps to understand the level of effort to write and maintain RBY and VU scripts. Remember that RBU scripts interact at the application level, while VU scripts interact at the protocol level.

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