Watir Blog from November, 2008

== Version 1.6.2

• Changed the method of setting Watir::Browser.default when the user does not
  specify a browser option. This fixes the problem where it would be 'ie' on
  Mac.

• Fixed FireWatir's "text" method to return the same character's as Watir's
  method. It had been returning extra spaces and other characters.
  Fix included contribution from Tony. Closes #266

• Fixed "activesupport" error. Users no longer need to have the latest version
  installed.

== Version 1.6.1

• Fixed install/load errors reported by Marek J and Tony.

== Version 1.6.0

This release merges the Watir and FireWatir projects. It contains many
compatibility fixes,
as well as a new browser-independent interface your tests can use to allow you
to specify the browser at run time.

We have also updated our existing support for modal dialogs so that it now works
with Ruby 1.8.6. Users who have been using Ruby 1.8.2 because of this will now
need to upgrade to Ruby 1.8.6.

This release also contains many other fixes. Details below.

Watir and FireWatir are still distributed as separate gems. Installing the
Watir gem will automatically install FireWatir. Both gems now use common code
contained in the "commonwatir" gem.

This release is fully backwards compatible with previous versions of Watir and
FireWatir. Your existing scripts should continue to run without change.

=== Installation

To install both Watir and FireWatir:

gem update --system
gem install watir

To only install FireWatir (e.g. on Mac or Linux)

gem update --system
gem install firewatir

To enable Firefox to work with Watir, you will also need to install the
JSSH plugin. See this page for details. http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FireWatir+Installation#FireWatirInstallation-3%29InstalltheJSSHFirefoxExtension

=== New Features
You can now replace references to Watir::IE.new (or FireWatir::Firefox.new)
with Watir::Browser.new to allow you to
specify which browser to run your tests against at run time. Details: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Browser.new

It takes two lines of code to allow Browser.new to support an additional Watir
implementation. The two lines necessary for SafariWatir (on Mac) are provided.
(See watir-common/lib/watir/browsers.rb).

In addition to 'browser', options supported by Browser.new (on IE only right now)
are 'speed' and 'visible'.

Unit tests no longer run from the gems. You will need to get the source if you
want to run the unit tests.

=== Compatibility Fixes

• FireWatir now raises Watir exceptions.
• FireWatir now supports multiple attributes for most page elements.
• Watir now supports multiple attributes for most page elements.
• Added support to FireWatir for many more element types.
• Added Radio#checked? and Checkbox#checked? methods to FireWatir.
• Now firefox.radio().set will click a radio button (as does IE) even if it
  is already set. This is important if there is javascript attached to the
  radio button.
• TextField#set now respects the maxlength of the field. Previously, FireWatir
  could overrun the limit. FireWatir::TextField.maxlength now works correctly.
• Watir::SelectList#includes? and #selected now accept regexp arguments.
  This functionality is still missing from FireWatir, but it is in Celerity.
  From Jari Bakken. Fixes #261.
• FireWatir::Element#disabled is fixed.
• Added method Watir::Table#row_count_excluding_nested_tables. This works like
  FireWatir::Table#row_count.
• Watir#wait_until is now available to FireWatir.
• Fixed versioning. With FireWatir 1.2.1, FireWatir::Firefox::VERSION
  actually reported '1.1.1.'.
• FireWatir will now automatically starts Firefox on Mac (as it did previously
  on Windows and Linux).

=== IE Fixes

• Fix for: form field named "submit" causes "submit" method to not work.
  Closes #223.
• Calling ie.radio().set now scrolls the page to the control, as with other
  controls. Thanks to Jonathan Kohl for the fix. Closes #172.
• Fixed ie.speed, which was returning ":fast" when speed was actually ":zippy".
• Fix for visible? method not being inherited correctly. From Alan Baird.
  Closes #253
• Added ie.forms method. Thanks to Jarmo P.
• Fix for "undefined method 'document'" error that was occuring when loading
  pages with frames that were slow to load. Reported here:
  http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general/browse_thread/thread/ddde6251e30588c9
• Fixed accessing checkboxes and radio buttons using :ole_object on IE.
  Closes #217.

=== Unit Test Improvements

• Unit tests no longer can be run from a gem install. Rather, you need to run them
  from a complete source tree.
• New rake targets for Watir: test and cruise, each of which runs the core tests.
• Numerous fixes and cleanup to the unit test suite.
• The unit tests both both Watir and FireWatir now use the new Browser.new
  interface and can be run
  against either implementation (Watir::IE or FireWatir::Firefox or others for
  that matter). See this page for details.
  http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Running+Unit+Tests+in+Development
• Added tagging to unit tests. Tests which have known failures are now tagged
  as ":fails_on_ie" or ":fails_on_firefox".
• Added coverage modes for running unit tests. These are documented on the wiki
  page cited above.
• Updated tests that were still using obsolete Watir 1.0 interfaces.
• Started merging the Watir test suites into watir-common.
• General test clean up.
• Test failures due to not setting IE security settings will now issue
  helpful error message telling you how to fix your IE security settings.

=== Structural Changes

• Moved library files into "lib" directories. Now Watir is like all the other
  Ruby projects.
• Moved FireWatir classes into the FireWatir module.
• Removed examples. They are now on the wiki.
• Simplified code by removing duplication and unused code.
• The watir-console now works from the development tree.
• Renamed IE.defaults to IE.options and IE.defaults= to IE.set_options.
• Added top-level "rake gems" target. Only works on windows right now.