[Closed] Which Browser Should I Use for Browser Automation on Windows 10?

[Zohar]

Hi

I will soon be moving to Windows 10, and will need to do some Browser Automation there.

Is there a specific browser that is more recommended to choose, for Browser Automation with AutoIt, on Windows 10?
(for example, because it is more comfortable to work with, works better with AutoIt, etc..)

Thank you very much

Zohar

Edited August 14, 2021 by Zohar

[Zohar]

Please move this thread to General Help and Support forum,

I mistakenly opened it in the Developer Discussion forum..

Sorry...

Edited April 19, 2017 by Melba23
Moved

[Subz]

Personally I still recommend using IE in Windows 10 for automation since the functions are part of AutoIt although you could look at FireFox, Chrome UDF automation.

[Zohar]

Hi Subz

Thank you for your reply.

Regarding IE in Windows 10,
I think the name of Microsoft's browser was changed in Windows 10 to another name, no?

[Subz]

Windows 10 includes both Internet Explorer and Edge, but like Chrome and FF you would need to use a UDF to automate.

[Zohar]

I understand.
Thank you very much.

OK there's no problem regarding the requirement to use a UDF (when choosing another browser than IE).

If anyone has any experience in automating the above 3 in Windows 10,
and can say if one is more comfortable/easier/stable to work with than another,
please write..

[Juvigy]

I think the best one to choose is IE and the IE UDF.

[Zohar]

Because of the lack of need to install other things (for connecting to the other browsers)?

Or for other reasons?

[TheDcoder]

Just now, Zohar said:

Or for other reasons?

The main reason is that AutoIt has an official UDF for interacting with IE and it has many functions which makes the automation easier

[BrewManNH]

The main reason is that IE exposes it's API through the DOM while the others do not. Meaning scripting support is built in to IE and has to be shoehorned onto the other browsers, with varying results.

[Zohar]

Hi all

4.5 years have passed since this question,
and I assume the answers of several people here have also changed.

I am adding a post in case someone finds this via the Search, and needs an answer.

IE is now discontinued,
and since my favorite browser is Firefox, then the solution I found was this:

I write a Firefox Add-on, which does most of the automation that I need - the Web Automation part,
and for the parts that it can't, I communicate from the Firefox Add-on to an AutoIt script, and then do what I need using AutoIt.

For the Communication between the Firefox Add-on and AutoIt, I use TCP.
The reason is since a Firefox Add-on is quite limited in what it can access on the computer, outside the browser, for security reasons.
So TCP is the simplest way to achieve IPC between Firefox and the rest of the computer.

Edited August 14, 2021 by Zohar