Record and playback
| Support.
| Doesn’t support.
| Doesn’t support.
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Server
| Doesn’t require server support for initiating the test case execution.
| Requires server support for initiating the test case execution.
| Doesn’t require server support for initiating the test case execution.
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Browsers
| Only Firefox since it comes as a plugin in Firefox.
| Majority of browsers supported.
| All browsers also use HTMLUnitDriver which is a headless browser.
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Object Oriented
| Not object oriented.
| Partially object oriented.
| Mostly object oriented.
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Dynamic Locators
| Doesn’t support.
| Doesn’t support.
| Support.
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Handling Alerts
| Doesn’t support handling of alerts.
| Doesn’t support handling of alerts.
| Supports the use of alerts.
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Handling Navigations
| Doesn’t support handling of navigations.
| Doesn’t support handling of navigations.
| Supports handling of navigations.
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Handling Dropdown
| Doesn’t support Handling of dropdowns.
| Doesn’t support Handling of dropdowns.
| Supports handling of dropdowns.
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iPhone/Android Testing
| Doesn’t support.
| Doesn’t support.
| Supports with the help of Android Driver, iPhone Driver.
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Listener Support
| Doesn’t support the use of Listeners.
| Doesn’t support the use of Listeners.
| Supports the use of Listeners.
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Speed
| Fast as it is given as a Firefox plugin. Direct communication with the browser.
| Slower than Webdriver as there is no direct communication with the browser.
| WebDriver interacts directly with the browsers. Thus making it better in terms of speed.
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Architecture
| Javascript based framework architecture.
| Javascript based framework architecture.
| Has browser's native compatibility to automation.
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