Andreas Tolfsen

Current projects

WebDriver standard: remote control interface that enables introspection and control of web browsers.
Remote protocol for Firefox.
geckodriver: WebDriver implementation for Firefox.
WebDriver library for Rust, used in both geckodriver and Servo, the parallel browser engine research project.

More projects at GitHub and on my git mirror.

Writing & presentations

Tutorial on using git(1) for Gecko development.

Future of WebDriver presented at Selenium user groups in Belfast and Tel Aviv.

The case against visibility checks in WebDriver, positing that platform APIs to deal with hit-testing is necessary.

Thoughts on distributed bug tracking.

Blog

WebDriver update from TPAC 2017

TPAC this year marked the culmination of six years of hard work defining the WebDriver standard. Here I talk a little bit about the new features that is coming.

What is libexec?

libexec is a system directory meant for system daemons and utilities executed by other programs, but which are not intended to be executed directly by users.

geckodriver 0.11.1 released

Earlier today we released geckodriver version 0.11.1. geckodriver is an HTTP proxy for using W3C WebDriver-compatible clients to interact with Gecko-based browsers.

What’s cooking Marionette – ultimo November

Earlier today we released geckodriver version 0.11.1. geckodriver is an HTTP proxy for using W3C WebDriver-compatible clients to interact with Gecko-based browsers.

Update from WebDriver WG meeting in Redmond

The W3C Browser Tools- and Testing Working Group met again 13-14 July 2016 in Redmond, WA to discuss the progress of the WebDriver specification. I will try to summarise the discussions, but if you’re interested in all the details the meetings have been meticulously scribed.