• NEW – you can now drag-and-drop command around instead of the cut-insert-paste dance that you used to have to do (Jérémy Hérault)
• NEW – same thing with tests in the test suite panel (Jérémy Hérault)
• NEW – an new optional parameter when registering you se-ide plugin to allow for command exporting. see http://adam.goucher.ca/?p=1456 for details (Adam Goucher)
• NEW – Swedish locale sv-SE now has translations (Olle Jonsson)
• BUG – Some people were reporting an annoying popup when starting se-ide without any plugins installed (Adam Goucher)

There is a workaround or trick that you can use to get round this.

Warning!

It involves editing the configuration and settings of your Firefox browser, so be careful – you  have been warned.

Step 1

In the address bar of Firefox, enter about:config

You will then be show a list of current settings and configuration.

Step 2

You will need to add a new Preference, called extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6b, which is done by right clicking on the list of preferences and selecting New then Boolean.

Enter the new preference (extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6b) then click OK.

You will now asked to choose a value – select false (to disable checking).

If you want to re-enable checking, you can simply use the Toggle feature (as shown on the right click context menu above) to switch between false and true.

Note:

Previous to 3.6 Beta 3, the generic property extensions.checkCompatibility was used, however it now uses specific versions 3.6b in this case.

Step 3

You will now need to restart Firefox for the changes to take place.

Step 4

If you view the Add-ons dialog, you will be warned that checking is disabled.

You will now be able to use Selenium IDE with Firefox 3.6

Note:

When an updated version of Selenium IDE is available, you should:

a) download and install the new version

b) re-enable compatibility checking.

Selenium IDE has been updated to version 1.0.2 to work with Firefox 3.5 and is available for download at http://seleniumhq.org/download/.

NOTE: You may have to un-install the previous version of Selenium IDE (that you had working with Firefox 3.0), and re-install for Firefox 3.5.

Cloud Testing has released a updated version of it’s Portal (http://portal.cloudtesting.com/) which now gives customers access to an API (Application Programming Interface). This will give users the ability to initiate tests on the Cloud Testing agents, as well as view the status of projects, scripts and results of individual tests in and XML format.

Cloud Testing allows users to run scripts captured with Selenium IDE in a selection of browsers, with full screen-shots and diagnostics recorded and stored for analysis. For full details of all the features, see http://www.cloudtesting.com/serviceFeaturesFunctional.php

You can choose which view of the results to use by selecting from the links at the top right of the page.

The views are:

Overview View

This allows you to see a quick overview of all the steps in the script.

Clicking on the [+] next to a step expands the view so you can see the screenshot that was captured.

You can also click on the icons to view the full size screen-shot, HTML or full components list.

Thumbnails View

This view allows you to see all screen-shots from the script on a single page.

Details View

This is the classic view, and allows you to see all details on one page.

You can also click on the icons to view the full size screen-shot, HTML or full components list.

Running Selenium Scripts

The Cloud Testing service allows you to upload and run scripts recorded in Selenium IDE, in a number of browsers, for either Functional or Cross Browser Testing. For full details see the website at www.cloudtesting.com

On the Edit Script screen, you will find two new links, Export and Import:

For convenience, you can also swap between editing a script and importing, using the links below the navigation area (at the top right of the screen):

Once you have switched to the Import screen, you can choose to either replace all the existing commands, or append the commands found to the end of your existing script.

For more details of the Cloud Testing service and it’s features, see the website at www.cloudtesting.com

1.Go to Add-ons

From within Firefox, choose the Tools menu, then the Add-ons option.

2. Select SeleniumIDE

Scroll down the list of installed Add-ons, until you find Selenium IDE, then click on the un-install button.

You will be asked for confirmation. Select ‘Uninstall’.

3. Restart Firefox

You will now need to restart Firefox to complete the un-install.

The script capture tool Selenium IDE has been updated to version 1.0.2 and is available for download at http://seleniumhq.org/download/.

NOTE: You may have to un-install the previous version of Selenium IDE (that you had working with Firefox 3.0), and re-install for Firefox 3.5.

Cloud Testing has already updated it’s live Cloud Agents to the latest version of Firefox, in addition to offering testing with the previous versions (2.0.20 & 3.0.11), as well as a number of other browsers:

Internet Explorer ( 6, 7 & 8 )
Firefox (2, 3 & 3.5)
Apple Safari (3.2 & 4.0) – Beta
Google Chrome (2.0 & 3.0) – Beta
Opera (9.6 & 10.0) – Beta

See www.cloudtesting.com for more details of the services available.