[Wtr-general] watirmaker unsupported DEBUG statements

[Bret Pettichord]

Matthew Hailstone wrote:
> My environment:
> watir 1.4.1
> ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25)
>   
>> I appreciate your response. I know watirmaker may not be very well
>> supported, but I want to draw attention to the errors happening here.
>> I may be using watirmaker, but I think the errors are because of
>> watir's lack of support in multi-frame sites using extensive
>> javascript. That is why I used the Google Calendar example. Please
>> look again at the original posting and checkout the DEBUG statements.
>> I think you'll find that they aren't specifically tied to watirmaker.
>> I have noticed a lot of problems with mutli-frame sites in postings as
>> well. Maybe this will shed some new light on the subject. Please let
>> me know if I am off track, and where, if you find that I am.
Matthew,

Thank you for your interest and concern for Watir. I have reviewed all 
the debug statements that you sent out and have read through the 
WatirMaker/WatirRecorder code. (Their new repostory, using the new name 
can be found at http://svn.openqa.org/fisheye. It's a shame they changed 
the name. WatirMaker just had a naughty ring to it. And recorders are 
naughty things.)

My reading is that these debug statements indicate events that 
WatirMaker is not recording. I have no idea why the WatirMaker 
developers are not recording these events. If it is because of a 
limitation they are aware of in Watir, then they should report it. 
WatirMaker does not "use" Watir, so without knowing the thinking of the 
developers it is hard to draw conclusions about Watir. I do not recall 
that they have reported any problems.

I just organized the known issues in Watir with frames: 
http://jira.openqa.org/secure/views/bulkedit/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10201

Please review this list. If you are aware of additional problems, please 
let us know.

Bret