GUI automation tool (windows)
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From: Alex Barna on 10 Aug 2010 06:25 On Aug 10, 10:05 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro > Cant understand the point to it. GUI automation is a contradiction in > terms, because a GUI is designed for use by humans to do manual tasks, not > ones that can be automated. Automating GUI is for testing.
From: News123 on 10 Aug 2010 15:13 On 08/10/2010 12:25 PM, Alex Barna wrote: > On Aug 10, 10:05 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro > Can�t understand the point > to it. �GUI automation� is a contradiction in >> terms, because a GUI is designed for use by humans to do manual tasks, not >> ones that can be automated. > > Automating GUI is for testing. And sometimesfor working around SW, whch has no cli or other interface and should be automated
From: Martin P. Hellwig on 10 Aug 2010 15:23 On 08/10/10 20:13, News123 wrote: > On 08/10/2010 12:25 PM, Alex Barna wrote: >> On Aug 10, 10:05 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro> Can�t understand the point >> to it. �GUI automation� is a contradiction in >>> terms, because a GUI is designed for use by humans to do manual tasks, not >>> ones that can be automated. >> >> Automating GUI is for testing. > And sometimesfor working around SW, whch has no cli or other interface > and should be automated > That and when you are forced using a gui and need to 'copy and paste' between two programs that have no native bridge except for the one that is between the keyboard and chair, then it is nice to know that there is a way of automating it. -- mph
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro on 10 Aug 2010 22:57 In message <abe9b308-db83-4ca8-a71a-12d2025a7615(a)i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Alex Barna wrote: > On Aug 10, 10:05 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro > >> Can't understand the point to it. “GUI automation” is a contradiction in >> terms, because a GUI is designed for use by humans to do manual tasks, >> not ones that can be automated. > > Automating GUI is for testing. But the most egregious GUI problems are going to be with humans being unable to figure out how to do something, am I right? How are you going to uncover those problems, except by testing with real people? Automated testing isn't going to do it.
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro on 10 Aug 2010 22:59
In message <4c61a4f5$0$5804$426a34cc(a)news.free.fr>, News123 wrote: > On 08/10/2010 12:25 PM, Alex Barna wrote: > >> On Aug 10, 10:05 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro >> >>> Can't understand the point to it. “GUI automation” is a contradiction in >>> terms, because a GUI is designed for use by humans to do manual tasks, >>> not ones that can be automated. >> >> Automating GUI is for testing. > > And sometimesfor working around SW, whch has no cli or other interface > and should be automated Who would design software in such a brain-dead way? |