2008/8/1 Martin Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > $quoted_author = "Amos Shapira" ; >> >> We have a test script which runx Firefox to visit a web site and after >> a few seconds it stops it. > > My first thought was "Why use a GUI app to test something automated?"...
Because it has to run all sorts of JavaScript, Flash, pull images etc. and generally do what a browser does as part of the test. We need a real browser (multiple browsers types and versions from multiple platforms, actually) to access that web page, "wget" and friends won't cut it. > Surely there are more elegant ways to achieve what you need... I'd be glad to hear about it. Thanks, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
