Comments on: Web automation with Chickenfoot http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/ Javascript flâneur, internet flibbertygibbert Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jacob http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 jacob Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:35:58 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/#comment-1691 I first used imacros addon for firefox then jumped into the world of greasemonkey but chickenfoot it's just what imacros and greasemonkey needed - more user power and advanced customization - I would predict chikenfoot would become more popular than greasemonkey or maybe they'll somehow morph eachother. I first used imacros addon for firefox then jumped into the world of greasemonkey but chickenfoot it’s just what imacros and greasemonkey needed – more user power and advanced customization – I would predict chikenfoot would become more popular than greasemonkey or maybe they’ll somehow morph eachother.

]]> By: trung http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 trung Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:59:55 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/#comment-1032 I've been using this tool. It's really nice. I’ve been using this tool. It’s really nice.

]]> By: HeavyWeightGeek http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 HeavyWeightGeek Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:19:00 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/#comment-1031 Do you think some of the big player will start to scripting for it like they did greasemonkey? Is anyone else put off by over simplified scripting languages? Do you think some of the big player will start to scripting for it like they did greasemonkey?
Is anyone else put off by over simplified scripting languages?

]]> By: Mr. Speaker http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Mr. Speaker Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:02:21 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/#comment-1027 Hmmm, that looks kinda interesting, but has things like "Purchase now!" and "Patents Pending" written all over it. And sheesh, don't call them "macros" - us web guys are just starting to pretend we are real programmers! p.s. I'm loving chickenfoot even more now that I've got the Greasemonkey include workin' away - it's sooooo made for script junkies like me! Hmmm, that looks kinda interesting, but has things like “Purchase now!” and “Patents Pending” written all over it. And sheesh, don’t call them “macros” – us web guys are just starting to pretend we are real programmers!

p.s. I’m loving chickenfoot even more now that I’ve got the Greasemonkey include workin’ away – it’s sooooo made for script junkies like me!

]]> By: Neil O'Hara http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Neil O'Hara Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:15:25 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/#comment-1030 Chickenfoot is fine but you should try iMacros from http://www.iopus.com/imacros/firefox/ I have used iMacros for some months now and found it extremely useful. Neil Chickenfoot is fine but you should try iMacros from
http://www.iopus.com/imacros/firefox/

I have used iMacros for some months now and found it extremely useful.

Neil

]]> By: Brian Donovan http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Brian Donovan Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:53:58 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/#comment-1029 I've been loving Chickenfoot too - subbed to the mailing lit for many months but I didn't actually use it for anything until last week, when I wrote an <a href="http://www.briandonovan.info/descriptors/2007/03/29/exporting-your-amazon-wishlist-book-titles-isbns-etc-with-chickenfoot/">Amazon wishlist scraper</a> Given a choice, I will always use XPath to get at the useful bits of web pages rather than DOM tree crawling or regexps and Chickenfoot's handling of XPath is pretty nice (very simple to use), except for the fact that you can currently only use it to get a handle on DOM elements and ranges, though <a href="http://www.briandonovan.info/descriptors/2007/03/23/xpath-in-chickenfoot-problems-with-attribute-value-location-steps/">going the last step to an attribute value or a text childNode</a> is pretty straightforward. You can still use Firefox's XPath implementation in your Chickenfoot scripts, of course. I’ve been loving Chickenfoot too – subbed to the mailing lit for many months but I didn’t actually use it for anything until last week, when I wrote an Amazon wishlist scraper

Given a choice, I will always use XPath to get at the useful bits of web pages rather than DOM tree crawling or regexps and Chickenfoot’s handling of XPath is pretty nice (very simple to use), except for the fact that you can currently only use it to get a handle on DOM elements and ranges, though going the last step to an attribute value or a text childNode is pretty straightforward.

You can still use Firefox’s XPath implementation in your Chickenfoot scripts, of course.

]]> By: Amy http://www.mrspeaker.net/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Amy Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:43:37 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2007/04/02/chickenfoot/#comment-1028 Copy-pasting is a thing of the past. I think you just freed me from minutes of work a day! Copy-pasting is a thing of the past. I think you just freed me from minutes of work a day!

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