[Wtr-general] I want to use Watir to test Firefox and Safari

[Danny Faught]

Nathan wrote:
> We would like a good way to test in Firefox and Safari that isn't proprietary, and free if possible.  

For Safari, the first thing I would try is AppleScript.  There's a 
decent chance that Safari is already scriptable using AppleScript, and 
any other language that has a bridge to the same interfaces that 
AppleScript uses.

> I disagree that automating something "always has the potential to perturb the results" as you put it.  

We can reduce our exposure to that potential by being careful about our 
approach.  So there are a good number of automation projects that do 
succeed, when people are smart about using the tools.

-Danny