I can’t be the only one who finds the lack of power-user automation of web-applications in 2024 surprising. When you compare Windows (and MacOS) desktop applic

I can’t be the only one who finds the lack of power-user automation of web-applications in 2024 surprising. When you compare Windows (and MacOS) desktop applications to web-applications, what stands-out is that web-apps get automation “for free” - whereas desktop apps needed significant investment in COM Automation / AppleScript to be user-automatable. Obviously the problem is that the user’s agent (i.e. their web-browser) does not come with a Macros Explorer or VBA Editor, which hinders entry for novices (no, Browser Extensions aren’t the same). It is unfortunate that no browser vendor is economically incentivised to build-out this functionality - instead users get steered towards cloud(TM)-hosted, non-browser-based automation systems like PowerAutomate - or hit a brick-wall-learning-curve in building a browser extension.