Comments on: Automate Routine Firefox Tasks With DejaClick http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/01/automate-routine-firefox-tasks-with-dejaclick/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Brooke http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/01/automate-routine-firefox-tasks-with-dejaclick/#comment-298408 Brooke Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:48:55 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2691#comment-298408 +1 for iMacros! +1 for iMacros!

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Automate Routine Firefox Tasks With DejaClick « http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/01/automate-routine-firefox-tasks-with-dejaclick/#comment-298305 Web Worker Daily » Archive Automate Routine Firefox Tasks With DejaClick « Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:59:12 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2691#comment-298305 [...] Web Worker Daily » Archive Automate Routine Firefox Tasks With DejaClick « In a nutshell, DejaClick allows you to record any series of steps or actions you take in your Firefox browser and then play them back with a single click. Setting up simple scripts is remarkably easy. In fact, if you have ever used any sort of macro recorder such as in Word you will feel right at home with the interface. [...] [...] Web Worker Daily » Archive Automate Routine Firefox Tasks With DejaClick « In a nutshell, DejaClick allows you to record any series of steps or actions you take in your Firefox browser and then play them back with a single click. Setting up simple scripts is remarkably easy. In fact, if you have ever used any sort of macro recorder such as in Word you will feel right at home with the interface. [...]

]]> By: Tim Tim http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/01/automate-routine-firefox-tasks-with-dejaclick/#comment-298130 Tim Tim Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:47 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2691#comment-298130 I am a long time iMacros user and find this tool superior. We run iMacros via task scheduler to generate and download a variety of reports at night. Before, our staff used to do that manually every morning. What I like about iMacros: 1. ***Built-in Javascript scripting engine*** - this is an extremely powerful feature, see http://wiki.imacros.net/iMacros_for_Firefox#Javascript_Scripting_Interface 2. Command line support - this is how we start the iMacros scripts automatically 3. Web scraping support (extract website data) 4. Password encryption, important if you use iMacros as a free Roboform replacement 5. Ability to save web pages and download files Another major difference is that iMacros also comes as Internet Explorer add-on, but we use the Firefox add-on only. Tim I am a long time iMacros user and find this tool superior. We run iMacros via task scheduler to generate and download a variety of reports at night. Before, our staff used to do that manually every morning.

What I like about iMacros:

1. ***Built-in Javascript scripting engine*** – this is an extremely powerful feature, see http://wiki.imacros.net/iMacros_for_Firefox#Javascript_Scripting_Interface
2. Command line support – this is how we start the iMacros scripts automatically
3. Web scraping support (extract website data)
4. Password encryption, important if you use iMacros as a free Roboform replacement
5. Ability to save web pages and download files

Another major difference is that iMacros also comes as Internet Explorer add-on, but we use the Firefox add-on only.

Tim

]]> By: Ken Godskind http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/01/automate-routine-firefox-tasks-with-dejaclick/#comment-298028 Ken Godskind Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:42:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2691#comment-298028 Hi Scott, My name is Ken Godskind and I am the web performance evangelist here at AlertSite http://www.alertsite.com DéjàClick http://www.dejaclick.com is an incredibly advanced website monitoring tool that is completely built-in to Firefox's Web browser. While it is technologically advanced, it is also fast and easy to use and completely WYSIWYG. When used in combination with AlertSite's monitoring service, DéjàClick can automatically monitor the performance and availability of web apps. For example, it can continuously measure that visitors to a Web store can search for products, view the product catalog, and add to cart, login and checkout from locations around the country or globe. It will also capture a screenshot of the page when there is an error. I saw you mentioned you got stuck figuring out what to use Déjà for and thought I might offer a handful of interesting suggestions. 1. Support and QA activities (desktop performance metrics) - Many customers have shared that their support and QA teams are using saved Superbookmarks for each of the applications they are supporting and frequently execute those scenarios on demand from the desktop. Basic performance metrics from playback are provided in the Déjà sidebar. 2. DéjàNotes http://www.alertsite.com/dejanotes.shtml - DéjàNotes is an effective way to communicate critical information to other DéjàClick users The DéjàNotes feature supports annotation of the recorded scenarios for sharing information across teams, adding training info to web-based applications, or marking up things that need to be corrected for web pages in development. 3. Transaction Sharing - Several have shared that they are saving the scenarios to shared directories, a sharepoint repository or even attaching to an e-mail so recorded scenarios can easily be shared with others. Leveraging the DéjàNotes really makes transaction sharing interesting. 4. Automation of daily tasks - DéjàClick is also really useful to automate daily tasks. For example, you might create a Superbookmark to navigate to Blockbuster or Netflix, Login to your account, and open the new releases page. There are some really interesting new features coming soon for the support and QA crowd so stay tuned! Ken Godskind VP of Web Performance Evangelism http://www.alertsite.com Hi Scott,

My name is Ken Godskind and I am the web performance evangelist here at AlertSite http://www.alertsite.com

DéjàClick http://www.dejaclick.com
is an incredibly advanced website monitoring tool that is
completely built-in to Firefox’s Web browser. While it is technologically
advanced, it is also fast and easy to use and completely WYSIWYG.

When used in combination with AlertSite’s monitoring service, DéjàClick
can automatically monitor the performance and availability of web apps.
For example, it can continuously measure that visitors to a Web store
can search for products, view the product catalog, and add to cart, login and checkout from locations around the country or globe. It will also
capture a screenshot of the page when there is an error.

I saw you mentioned you got stuck figuring out what to use Déjà for
and thought I might offer a handful of interesting suggestions.

1. Support and QA activities (desktop performance metrics)
– Many customers have shared that their support and QA teams are using saved Superbookmarks for each of the applications they are supporting and frequently execute those scenarios on demand from the desktop. Basic performance metrics from playback are provided in the Déjà sidebar.

2. DéjàNotes http://www.alertsite.com/dejanotes.shtml
– DéjàNotes is an effective way to communicate critical information to other DéjàClick users The DéjàNotes feature supports annotation of the recorded scenarios for sharing information across teams, adding training info to web-based applications, or marking up things that need to be corrected for web pages in development.

3. Transaction Sharing
– Several have shared that they are saving the scenarios to shared directories, a sharepoint repository or even attaching to an e-mail so recorded
scenarios can easily be shared with others. Leveraging the DéjàNotes really makes transaction sharing interesting.

4. Automation of daily tasks
– DéjàClick is also really useful to automate daily tasks. For example, you might create a Superbookmark to navigate
to Blockbuster or Netflix, Login to your account, and open the new releases page.

There are some really interesting new features coming soon for the support and QA crowd so stay tuned!

Ken Godskind
VP of Web Performance Evangelism
http://www.alertsite.com

]]> By: Rob Clayburn http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/01/automate-routine-firefox-tasks-with-dejaclick/#comment-298020 Rob Clayburn Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:05:59 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2691#comment-298020 Excellent! - I found DejaClick much more stable than iMacros for automating Joomla administration tasks. thumbs up++ Excellent! – I found DejaClick much more stable than iMacros for automating Joomla administration tasks. thumbs up++

]]> By: DejaClick • SmashHum.com - A tech guys perspective - http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/01/automate-routine-firefox-tasks-with-dejaclick/#comment-298004 DejaClick • SmashHum.com - A tech guys perspective - Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:58:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2691#comment-298004 [...] Worker Daily has an article about a FireFox plug in called DejaClick, Automate Routine Friefox Tasks With DejaClick. I downloaded the plugin and used it and must say that I might impressed. While the author [...] [...] Worker Daily has an article about a FireFox plug in called DejaClick, Automate Routine Friefox Tasks With DejaClick. I downloaded the plugin and used it and must say that I might impressed. While the author [...]

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