Alternatives to FireWatir working with Firefox 4 or higher

Question

It seems, from what I read, that we will not have a JSSH for Firefox 4, and therefore no FireWatir. I have several scripts that run well on FireWatir, and of course I would like to update my Firefox to v4. I would hate to rewrite all my scripts in a different system, since it would take a lot of efforts. I don't like the idea to switch to IE; the main reason is that I can set Firefox to save all files to a specific directory, while I cannot do the same with IE. What is the solution to get all my FireWatir scripts to run with the minimum effort with Firefox 4?

Dyspnea

Answer 1

Use watir-webdriver gem, it drives Firefox.

https://github.com/jarib/watir-webdriver (github)
https://rubygems.org/gems/watir-webdriver (rubygems)
https://github.com/zeljkofilipin/watirbook/downloads (installation)

Primitivism

Thanks Željko, this seems exactly what I need. But, the instance of Firefox it opens seems to have "forgot" the proxy setting. As a result, it cannot work. Do you have a solution for this? – Dyspnea

Check the watir-webdriver FAQ, especially the last item. – Steinke

Answer 2

For users that need's to use JSSH in newer versions, you can download it from: http://abstracta.com.uy/en/descargas-2.html

this version is implemented over MozRepl but simulates exactly JSSH Console Source is over Assembla at https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/mozrepl-jssh

Rocambole