On Jul 25, 9:02 pm, Chuck van der Linden <[email protected]> wrote:
> I presume the dropping of FireWatir is due to issues with a lack of
> JSSH extensions for current versions?  We might want to say something
> specific in that regard in the release notes, and direct Firefox users
> to Watir-Webdriver.  (otherwise people new to the party may be
> confused and think we've all been co-opted by MS, force-fed 'IE-
> Koolaid' or something similar.  After all, if you don't know the 'why'
> dropping firewatir seems on the surface of it, kinda insane.

Yes, it's due to JSSH extension. Good idea, we should point it out in
the changelog. Will do before release.

>
> One request for anyone working on updating the docs such as the
> supported elements table (http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/HTML
> +Elements+Supported+by+Watir), it might make sense at this point to
> 'archive' the existing watir 1.x page as is with a v1 tacked onto the
> end of the URL.  Place headers on both pages indicating the 'as of'
> version for the docs, and a link to the old/new version
> respectively.   That would make it easier for anyone hanging back to
> find appropriate docs.
>
> If someone who knows the wiki stuff better than I can create the
> 'archive' page, I might be able to find time this week to take a hack
> at updating that doc (which is one I always find highly useful) for
> the v2 version. (since I have a bit more free time at the moment due
> to being between employers)

And yes, docs should be updated. You can mark all elements (except new
browser window) with a checkbox for "multiple attributes", :xpath
and :css for sure.

Jarmo

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