On 12/2/06, Angrez Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you please let me know what difficulty you faced while installing gem > and JSSh xpi. I have used the Firewatir code and I currently own the project > at Google. I have tested its installation on 3 - 4 machines and didn't have > any problems either with XPI or with the Firewatir gem. > > It currently works only on windows.
In more detail: the Firewatir Ruby code hasn't really been tested on non-Windows platforms yet, but, because of the way Firewatir is designed, you should be able to drive Firefox running on any machine and OS, as long as the JSSh extension is installed and enabled. Firewatir sends browser driving JS code to a Firefox instance on a particular socket, so if you want to test with Firefox on Linux for example, you can run a Firefox instance on Linux, have your Firewatir installation and scripts run on Windows, and drive the Firefox instance remotely. This might be a little slower than a complete Firewatir and Firefox combo both running on the same Linux machine, but Firewatir speed has improved quite a bit since the days it was 40X slower than the IE equivalent. There is still work to be done (and under way) but I think Firewatir is quite a viable option for Firefox driven testing (and will get better). Let us know if you need to experiment with remotely driving Firefox and I'll rustle up a document or HOWTO. Amit _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
