I think jquery is being used in the html5 version of google search.
Can you try your test again with internet explorer versions below 11.  I 
think you'll find a much different result


On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:09:58 AM UTC-5, Steven Yue wrote:
>
> But why watir triggered this kind of binding?
>
> Doesn't watir just use xpath or css underneath to find the element from 
> the document? Why will it trigger any binding?
>
> On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:10:47 AM UTC-4, Super Kevy wrote:
>>
>>
>> <a 
>> href="/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CB8QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwatir.com%2F&amp;ei=tobGU6_hA4ucyASJnYLgAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHFyN9neeAsRIQp3syn0TFOyhSP8Q&amp;sig2=AXyDi_HaNjEix3Dg1Ifm9g&amp;bvm=bv.71126742,d.aWw"
>>  
>> onmousedown="return 
>> rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNHFyN9neeAsRIQp3syn0TFOyhSP8Q','AXyDi_HaNjEix3Dg1Ifm9g','0CB8QFjAA','','',event)"
>>  
>> data-href="*http://watir.com/ <http://watir.com/>*"><em>Watir</em>.com | 
>> <em>Web Application Testing in Ruby</em></a>
>>
>> Perhaps its a data binding technique.  Notice there is also a related 
>> mousedown event which is the target url.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:33:17 AM UTC-5, Steven Yue wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, guys
>>>
>>> I'm new to watir. I'm trying to use 'watir-webdriver'
>>>
>>> I did a simple test for google. It prints links in the list. The code is 
>>> like this:
>>>
>>> browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
>>>
>>> browser.goto 'https://www.google.com'
>>>
>>> browser.lis(:class => "g").each{|x| puts x.div.h3.a.href}
>>>
>>>
>>> It will give me this list:
>>>
>>> http://watir.com/
>>>
>>> http://watir.com/examples/
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watir
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/articles/automated-testing-using-ruby-and-watir
>>>
>>> http://watirwebdriver.com/
>>>
>>> https://leanpub.com/watirbook
>>>
>>> https://github.com/watir/watir
>>>
>>> https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/gems/watir
>>>
>>> http://www.slideshare.net/timothyf/automated-testing-with-watir
>>>
>>> http://www.httpwatch.com/rubywatir/
>>>
>>>
>>> Which seems like already get parsed from the raw url. Because if I do 
>>> right click in the browser and do "Copy Link Address" by myself. I will get 
>>> address like this: "
>>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwatir.com%2F&ei=pnzGU8jyH5GYyATe3ILgDA&usg=AFQjCNHFyN9neeAsRIQp3syn0TFOyhSP8Q&bvm=bv.71126742,d.aWw
>>> "
>>>
>>> Is it because watir parse it for me? Or is there something that I'm 
>>> missing? Where is this magic coming from?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>

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