Feedback - Take the iMacros Add-on(s) Survey!
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 2:58 pm
UPDATE (March 2018): As the Thread has now "reached" Page_2, I will rather be maintaining the List of EnhReq's in Post_1 on Page_2 than in this current Post...
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Hum..., I received a very interesting and promising I hope! E-mail yesterday about a Survey on the 3 iMacros Add-ons where I could provide my Feedback and mention some EnhReq's. These are the Answers I gave:
EDIT: I'm adding New EnhReq's to my "original" List in this same Post to keep the List a bit "central"...
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And now about the future....
4. If you have to explain iMacros to a friend, what would you say is the best part of iMacros?
- Web-Automation, everything you do with Click-Click-Click, Select Copy&Paste, Save, Navigation can be automated with iMacros.
- (Choose iMacros for FF and it's Free.)
- Very easy to use.
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5. If you have to explain iMacros to a friend, what would you say is the worst part of iMacros?
- Avoid iMacros for CR, it's the little "Brother" of FF and IE and many Commands are not implemented, and it is pretty Buggy.
- No Version for Opera.
- Pale Moon not supported anymore from v8.8.3+ for FF which is a pity as PM is 30% more performant than pure FF, without FF Memory Leaks.
- Wonderful Product, but EnhReq's practically never get implemented.
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[Update 2018-02]
Hum, funnily/sadly enough, looks like I was quite right then, 2 years ago, ah-ah...!, and I was then already referring to 3 years
"Presence" on the Forum as an "Advanced" User... (Hum, and I was already Mod actually I think..., since Octb 2015...?):
=> From the 18 EnhReq's I currently have listed (Feb 2018) only one got implemented (which actually originated from @Tom from TechSup, Item '-04-' about the '!FOLDER_xxx' Vars), so I guess this Thread is a bit USELESS, oops...!
- TechSupport should/could come a little bit more often to answer a few Threads on the Forum.
- AlertFox is not Free (anymore...?).
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UPDATE (March 2018): I don't maintain the List of EnhReq's in this current Post anymore by rather in Post_1 on Page_2 of the same Thread...
6. Last but not least, are there any feature(s) would you like us to add in 2016?
Yes of course, but I've been asking for so long already...!
I mainly use iMacros for FF:
-01- Re-add Support for Pale Moon. (Doesn't work anymore since v8.8.3, have to stick to v8.8.2.)
EDIT: Hum v8.8.2 for PM26 and v8.8.7 for PM27.
-02- Correct the few Blocking Bugs for the EVENT Mode. (+ Documentation on Wiki is very poor. EDIT: Wiki greatly improved...!)
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... ack#p54018
EDIT [2017-07-27]: I finally have a Workaround for Item_01 ('MOUSEMOVE' for non existing Element), hum since about 1 year actually, but I'm not sure if I've posted it completely yet... Some related Thread:
=> Hum..., Link to come...!
-03- Add Access to '!LOOP_MAX' (SET + GET) Built-in Var.
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... MAX#p55549
-04- Add '!FOLDER_DOWNLOADS' + 'FOLDER_MACROS' Built-in Vars like we have for '!FOLDER_DATASOURCE(S)' (the missing 'S' is a bit confusing btw...).
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... =15#p70424 (Idea is from Tom...!)
[STATUS]: Implemented in iMB v11.5 (Octb 2016).
-05- Improve/extend 'PROMPT' with extra Parameter:
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... mpt#p63953
-06- Implement DS Mode for FF.
-07- Implement (New in iMacros for CR v8.4.4) 'TAG SELECTOR' Mode for FF as well.
-08- Add an 'EXTRACT' Recording Mode (based on 'TAG' Mode).
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... 807#p70393
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... 818#p74803
-09- Add 'iimDisplay()' Command to pure '.iim'.
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... 840#p69714
Logged as feature request IMAC-1876 by @Tom from TechSup. (2017-01)
-10- Implement some "simple" Conditional Behaviour (IF/ELSE/FOR/WHILE) to pure '.iim'.
I know it's "by design" but maybe 50% of Threads on the Forum are about 'if/else', and many Users switch to Alternative Solutions where this Feature is available...
-11- Implement GOTO within '.iim'.
A bit like the "old" 'Basic' 'GOTO' Command, to jump to a 'SECTION' within the same '.iim' Script.
-12- Add Multiline/Section Comment in '.iim'.
-13- Allow (Limited) Free Access to AlertFox.
Was Free when introduced (and there are still several Articles about the "Free AlertFox" in the Wiki), but it quickly became Commercial only...
-14- Implement a "Super" Built-in Var that could contain Commands like 'OPEN' / 'CLOSE' / 'REFRESH' / 'CLEAR' / etc and other (Built-in) Vars like for example in '{{!COL{{!LOOP}}}}'.
-15- Automatically reset 'FILTER' to "OFF" at the End of a Macro. [BUG]
That Command is btw broken (in v8.9.7) since FF52...!
-16- Add '{{!CLIPBOARD}}' Support for iMacros for CR.
-17- Automatically backup '#Current.iim' when clicking 'Record' to (temporarily) keep the previous Content of the '#Current.iim' Macro.
-18- 'Remove' Macro: Send deleted Macro(s)/Folder(s) to the OS Recycle Bin first instead of deleting them permanently directly...!
The 'Remove' Option is very close to the 'Rename' Option in the Right Click Menu, "Rename" and "Remove" look and sound very similar, => call 'Remove' "Delete" instead, and add a Separator between 'Rename' and 'Remove'/'Delete'.
Or make that 'Remove' first sends the Macros/Folders to some special 'Trash' Folder, and Macros/Folders can then only be "really" deleted from that 'Trash' Folder...
(Several Threads on the Forum about Users clicking by mistake on 'Remove' while they wanted to rename their Macro/Folder and losing permanently their Macro(s)...)
>>>
Opening a Thread with my Answers on the Forum that I will update if I think of other things (or get some interesting Ideas from other Users, ah-ah...!)...!:
- Feedback - Take the iMacros Add-on(s) Survey! (This Current Thread...!)
>>>
Hum..., I received a very interesting and promising I hope! E-mail yesterday about a Survey on the 3 iMacros Add-ons where I could provide my Feedback and mention some EnhReq's. These are the Answers I gave:
EDIT: I'm adding New EnhReq's to my "original" List in this same Post to keep the List a bit "central"...
>>>
And now about the future....
4. If you have to explain iMacros to a friend, what would you say is the best part of iMacros?
- Web-Automation, everything you do with Click-Click-Click, Select Copy&Paste, Save, Navigation can be automated with iMacros.
- (Choose iMacros for FF and it's Free.)
- Very easy to use.
>
5. If you have to explain iMacros to a friend, what would you say is the worst part of iMacros?
- Avoid iMacros for CR, it's the little "Brother" of FF and IE and many Commands are not implemented, and it is pretty Buggy.
- No Version for Opera.
- Pale Moon not supported anymore from v8.8.3+ for FF which is a pity as PM is 30% more performant than pure FF, without FF Memory Leaks.
- Wonderful Product, but EnhReq's practically never get implemented.
>
[Update 2018-02]
Hum, funnily/sadly enough, looks like I was quite right then, 2 years ago, ah-ah...!, and I was then already referring to 3 years
"Presence" on the Forum as an "Advanced" User... (Hum, and I was already Mod actually I think..., since Octb 2015...?):
=> From the 18 EnhReq's I currently have listed (Feb 2018) only one got implemented (which actually originated from @Tom from TechSup, Item '-04-' about the '!FOLDER_xxx' Vars), so I guess this Thread is a bit USELESS, oops...!
- TechSupport should/could come a little bit more often to answer a few Threads on the Forum.
- AlertFox is not Free (anymore...?).
>
UPDATE (March 2018): I don't maintain the List of EnhReq's in this current Post anymore by rather in Post_1 on Page_2 of the same Thread...
6. Last but not least, are there any feature(s) would you like us to add in 2016?
Yes of course, but I've been asking for so long already...!
I mainly use iMacros for FF:
-01- Re-add Support for Pale Moon. (Doesn't work anymore since v8.8.3, have to stick to v8.8.2.)
EDIT: Hum v8.8.2 for PM26 and v8.8.7 for PM27.
-02- Correct the few Blocking Bugs for the EVENT Mode. (+ Documentation on Wiki is very poor. EDIT: Wiki greatly improved...!)
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... ack#p54018
EDIT [2017-07-27]: I finally have a Workaround for Item_01 ('MOUSEMOVE' for non existing Element), hum since about 1 year actually, but I'm not sure if I've posted it completely yet... Some related Thread:
=> Hum..., Link to come...!
-03- Add Access to '!LOOP_MAX' (SET + GET) Built-in Var.
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... MAX#p55549
-04- Add '!FOLDER_DOWNLOADS' + 'FOLDER_MACROS' Built-in Vars like we have for '!FOLDER_DATASOURCE(S)' (the missing 'S' is a bit confusing btw...).
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... =15#p70424 (Idea is from Tom...!)
[STATUS]: Implemented in iMB v11.5 (Octb 2016).
-05- Improve/extend 'PROMPT' with extra Parameter:
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... mpt#p63953
-06- Implement DS Mode for FF.
-07- Implement (New in iMacros for CR v8.4.4) 'TAG SELECTOR' Mode for FF as well.
-08- Add an 'EXTRACT' Recording Mode (based on 'TAG' Mode).
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... 807#p70393
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... 818#p74803
-09- Add 'iimDisplay()' Command to pure '.iim'.
=> http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... 840#p69714
Logged as feature request IMAC-1876 by @Tom from TechSup. (2017-01)
-10- Implement some "simple" Conditional Behaviour (IF/ELSE/FOR/WHILE) to pure '.iim'.
I know it's "by design" but maybe 50% of Threads on the Forum are about 'if/else', and many Users switch to Alternative Solutions where this Feature is available...
-11- Implement GOTO within '.iim'.
A bit like the "old" 'Basic' 'GOTO' Command, to jump to a 'SECTION' within the same '.iim' Script.
-12- Add Multiline/Section Comment in '.iim'.
-13- Allow (Limited) Free Access to AlertFox.
Was Free when introduced (and there are still several Articles about the "Free AlertFox" in the Wiki), but it quickly became Commercial only...
-14- Implement a "Super" Built-in Var that could contain Commands like 'OPEN' / 'CLOSE' / 'REFRESH' / 'CLEAR' / etc and other (Built-in) Vars like for example in '{{!COL{{!LOOP}}}}'.
-15- Automatically reset 'FILTER' to "OFF" at the End of a Macro. [BUG]
That Command is btw broken (in v8.9.7) since FF52...!
-16- Add '{{!CLIPBOARD}}' Support for iMacros for CR.
-17- Automatically backup '#Current.iim' when clicking 'Record' to (temporarily) keep the previous Content of the '#Current.iim' Macro.
-18- 'Remove' Macro: Send deleted Macro(s)/Folder(s) to the OS Recycle Bin first instead of deleting them permanently directly...!
The 'Remove' Option is very close to the 'Rename' Option in the Right Click Menu, "Rename" and "Remove" look and sound very similar, => call 'Remove' "Delete" instead, and add a Separator between 'Rename' and 'Remove'/'Delete'.
Or make that 'Remove' first sends the Macros/Folders to some special 'Trash' Folder, and Macros/Folders can then only be "really" deleted from that 'Trash' Folder...
(Several Threads on the Forum about Users clicking by mistake on 'Remove' while they wanted to rename their Macro/Folder and losing permanently their Macro(s)...)
>>>
Opening a Thread with my Answers on the Forum that I will update if I think of other things (or get some interesting Ideas from other Users, ah-ah...!)...!:
- Feedback - Take the iMacros Add-on(s) Survey! (This Current Thread...!)