[Test Automator] Compatibility with newer versions Firefox

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Paul van Rooijen

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Hello,

the documentation of TestAutomator states that Firefox version 12 should be used and no newer versions.
I just tried if it worked with Firefox version 29 and it didn't work, as expected.

Now my question:
Will this application be made compatible with newer versions of Firefox in the future or will version 12 be the only working version?

Best regards,

Paul van Rooijen

30 Apr 2014

Miguel Seabra Melo

Hi Paul,

The dependency with FF 12 is due to the underlying control that is used to run the tests (selenium RC). At that time we just could not get it to play nice with any newer versions. There have been a few seleniumRC releases since which may have changed that (looking at https://selenium.googlecode.com/git/java/CHANGELOG) but I guess everyone's been busy to experiment with it.

Do you want to have a go yourself and let us know? :) Try downloading and updating both the seleniumRC binaries AND firefox and determine if there's a newer combo that works well. You can join the team and help us improve it too!

Cheers!

30 Apr 2014