[Wtr-general] simple solution for basic authentication

[Bret Pettichord]

Chris McMahon wrote:
>> Given the conclusion about how IE's navigate method is flawed means that
>> the authentication in Win32::IE::Mechanize is also broken for pages that
>> contain elements that are protected by authentication.
>>     
>
> This is not true.  Mechanize authenticates fine-- Mech itself is a
> useragent and has nothing to do with IE.  (I've got Mechanize scripts
> that authenticate nicely automatically every night.)
>   
I think we have some crossed wires here. One person is talking about 
IE::Mechanize (a browser driver, like Watir) and the other is talking 
about Mechanize (a protocol driver).