GUI automation tool (windows)

Grant Edwards invalid at invalid.invalid
Tue Aug 10 23:08:18 EDT 2010


On 2010-08-11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message <4c61a4f5$0$5804$426a34cc at news.free.fr>, News123 wrote:
>> On 08/10/2010 12:25 PM, Alex Barna wrote:
>>> On Aug 10, 10:05 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
>>>
>>>> Can???t understand the point to it. ???GUI automation??? is a
>>>> contradiction in terms, because a GUI is designed for use by humans
>>>> to do manual tasks, not ones that can be automated.
>>> 
>>> Automating GUI is for testing.
>>
>> And sometimesfor working around SW, whch has no cli or other
>> interface and should be automated
>
> Who would design software in such a brain-dead way?

In my experience, almost everybody who designes apps for MS Windows.

-- 
Grant




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