Browser Support

"Andreas Mickley" <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:12:05 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.canoo.webtest
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<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>Hi,</div>

<div>I am currently evaluating test automation tools. So which browser does WebTest support?</div>

<div>According to <a href="http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/config.html">this page</a> it says:</div>

<div><em>browser</em><br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Required? No, default is &quot;InternetExplorer6&quot;<br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Specifies the browser that should be simulated. Allowed values are Firefox3 (or FF3) (deprecated), Firefox3.6 (or FF3.6), Firefox10 (or FF10), InternetExplorer6 (or IE6), InternetExplorer7 (or IE7), InternetExplorer8 (or IE8).</div>

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<div>Is that all? Those are pretty old browsers only. Or might this documentation be outdated only?</div>

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<div>If WebTest is based on HtmlUnit (currently version 2.15). Shouldn&#39;t its supported browser be the same like HtmlUnit? In HtmlUnit you can specify the browser by the <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/WebClient.html">WebClient</a> constructor using a <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html">BrowserVersion</a> constant. Those would be:</div>

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<div>http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html</div>

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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="overviewSummary" summary="Field Summary table, listing fields, and an explanation">
	<caption><span>Fields</span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></caption>
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			<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th>
			<th class="colLast" scope="col">Field and Description</th>
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		<tr class="altColor">
			<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html" title="class in com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit">BrowserVersion</a></code></td>
			<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html#CHROME">CHROME</a></strong></code>
			<div class="block">Latest Chrome.</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="rowColor">
			<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html" title="class in com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit">BrowserVersion</a></code></td>
			<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html#FIREFOX_17">FIREFOX_17</a></strong></code>
			<div class="block"><strong>Deprecated.</strong>&nbsp;
			<div class="block"><i>as of 2.14</i></div>
			</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="altColor">
			<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html" title="class in com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit">BrowserVersion</a></code></td>
			<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html#FIREFOX_24">FIREFOX_24</a></strong></code>
			<div class="block">Firefox 24 ESR.</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="rowColor">
			<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html" title="class in com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit">BrowserVersion</a></code></td>
			<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html#INTERNET_EXPLORER_11">INTERNET_EXPLORER_11</a></strong></code>
			<div class="block">Internet Explorer 11.</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="altColor">
			<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html" title="class in com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit">BrowserVersion</a></code></td>
			<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html#INTERNET_EXPLORER_8">INTERNET_EXPLORER_8</a></strong></code>
			<div class="block"><strong>Deprecated.</strong>&nbsp;
			<div class="block"><i>as of 2.14</i></div>
			</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="rowColor">
			<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html" title="class in com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit">BrowserVersion</a></code></td>
			<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/apidocs/com/gargoylesoftware/htmlunit/BrowserVersion.html#INTERNET_EXPLORER_9">INTERNET_EXPLORER_9</a></strong></code>
			<div class="block"><strong>Deprecated.</strong>&nbsp;
			<div class="block"><i>as of 2.14</i></div>
			</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
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<div>Another thing: How is it possible that WebTest is based on HtmlUnit <strong>2.4</strong> if HtmlUnit&#39;s latest version is <strong>2.15</strong> today?! That&#39;s really confusing.</div>

<div>(<a href="http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/WebTestHome.html">quote</a>: WebTest 3.0 released, featuring upgrades to Java 5, Groovy 1.6, and HtmlUnit 2.4.<br/>
The release includes support for maven integration, IDE-integration like for unit tests, capturing of background JavaScript errors, new steps for mouseOver and mouseOut events, better parallel execution of tests and - as usual - lots of handling improvements.<br/>
<span class="posted">Posted: 5 March 2009)</span></div>

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<div>Any clearification is highly appreciated!</div>

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<div>Thanks.</div>

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<div>Best regards</div>

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<div>Andreas</div></div></body></html>