serbeer wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 4:09 pm
Yes, thank you chivracq, I indeed really enjoyed the demo. Did not realize that shift-End can select text fields that are not Input fields--looks like selecting a page element is akin to placing cursor on the beginning position of it, did not even know I could do so manually with mouse for non-Input filelds. Something to definately keep in my own collection of tricks
I too hope that one of the newer version of iMacros can make up the ground lost since 8.9.7 release. To me, non-support of .js macros is a complete deal killer since is it self-contained portableFF/iMacros javascript capability that made me choose iMacros in the first place, as I can easily move the whole setup around, and place it on the systems where I do not have Administrative rights.
I remember trying PM/iMacros combo some time ago when I was starting my automation project, mostly because it was so highly recommended by you, and my FF .js would not run on PM as is without changes, if I recall correctly because of JS filesystem I/O interface--my project is rather heavy on I/O since it writes logs and reads/writes csv files, etc and I think there were differences in I/O functions for FF vs PM, at least at the time. I know that you stick to pure .iim, so probably not sure how cross-platform JS IO is for pre-56 FF vs PM?
Perhaps I need to give it another go, since if newer iMacros does not get much of its functionality back, I will eventually have to choose to either switch to latest PM if it still supports 8.9.7 or re-implement in another automation environment entirely...
Yep, very good and "kill-kill-sober" Analysis about iMacros (for FF) and its current/further State/Evolution... I will quote some part(s) of your (previous) Reply in "my" "Future of iMacros" Thread as I really-really agree with you actually... Pfff, quite "depressing" but you are completely "right"...
But OK, about PM and FIO..., hum, Okaaaaaaay..., I'm a bit surprised..., and yep indeed I only do '.iim', but hum, I also do "a lot of" 'FIO' Actions, in many of my Scripts as I often have some very poor and unreliable Int-Co., so I do a lot of Logging, about 1 Line in '.CSV' every 2 Sec, and I've NEVER seen any Pb from iMacros and PM, only from OpenOffice if I wait "too long" before splitting those '.CSV'/'.LOG' Files and OO has "Difficulties" opening 25Mb .'CSV' Files...
Hum..., so I don't know...
I've been running some Monitoring Script since 2 months, oh..., hum only 1 Line every 30 sec..., OK, no big deal, except the Size, hum, back to the 25Mb thing...
But I've also run some Script doing some other "Checking/Monitoring", at 15.000 Entries in about 8-10 hours (needed one 'URL GOTO'), and I never noticed any FIO Pb from iMacros... (v8.8.2 + v8.9.7)
The only time iMacros will "complain" is when using the OS Clipboard, about some "NS_Bit_Rate" being too high or too short or whatever, but simply enabling '!ERRORIGNORE' solves "it"...
So I'm a bit surprised that you tried PM and FF was doing better... Hum..., "a bit" = "a lot" (surprised)...!
PM is doing much-much-much better than FF on everything related to Performance, and especially in the long run, when Scripts have to run for hours or days or weeks... FF can handle "hours", but definitely not "days" (hum, maybe "day" (singular)), and DEFINITELY not "weeks", ah-ah...! I have some Script running all time in some PM Profile, that I pffff..., kill and restart about once every 3-4-5 weeks, unless if I have to DJ somewhere, then OK, I kill absolutely everything as I often also VJ with several Videos beaming at the same time, so I really control what "everything" is doing at the CPU Level...
But OK, "good News", v8.9.7 for FF still works on PM v28 "the latest Version" afaik, => 'Portable' for example...
PM didn't go WebExtensions luckily, and hum, I might also for myself give a shot to PM28 + v8.9.7 as I still use PM26 + v8.8.2 as my "Standard" Browser for everything (=500+ Tabs, oops...!), but pfff..., more and more Sites start complaining about PM 26, and actually the ones complaining still work if I just change my UA, but SOF + Twitter + LinkedIn are completely unusable anymore in it, and FB every week less also... A bit stupid and surprising is SOF (Stackoverflow), supposed to be programmed by really-really Advanced Programmers, the Site is a complete Joke, completely buggy even in FF (v55.0.3 where all Functionality still works)...
Oh oops, sorry for my "Rant", but v8.9.7 for FF still works in PM28 (Latest/Current Version), afaik, I didn't try myself..., but hum, soon... (for myself...)
Oh ja, and I will indeed first try with PM v28 (Portable) just to check if 'FILTER' is not broken, or I'll have to keep my current PM26 + v8.8.2... OK, either way, I''l have to update my main/default Browser one day as more and more Sites "complain" about it or simply don't work anymore...
- (F)CI(M) = (Full) Config Info (Missing): iMacros + Browser + OS (+ all 3 Versions + 'Free'/'PE'/'Trial').
- FCI not mentioned: I don't even read the Qt...! (or only to catch Spam!)
- Script & URL help a lot for more "educated" Help...