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> There isn't a feature in Chromium or Google Chrome that Firefox doesn't deliver. Applescript support. This prevents me from using Firefox.

• mblakele 12y ago
  That sounds interesting. What sort of things do you do with AppleScript and the browser?
  • k2enemy 12y ago
    Nothing too crazy. I have a keyboard shortcut that grabs the URL from chrome, then passes it off to a script that interfaces with pass [0] to have a rudimentary, but secure and cross platform password manager. [0]: http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/ http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/
    • 3rd3 12y ago
      Try this: tell application "Firefox" activate set pb to the clipboard tell application "System Events" keystroke "l" using command down keystroke "c" using command down end tell set page_url to the clipboard set the clipboard to pb end tell It’s kind of hacked together and I haven’t tested it with rigor but until now it did its job. If you use it, please let me know if you could enhance it or whether it breaks for certain pasteboard contents.
      • k2enemy 12y ago
        Thanks, that worked well. I needed to add a pause between cmd-l and cmd-c though.
• shabble 12y ago
  I'm using mozrepl[1] which exposes all sorts of FF guts over a simple localhost telnet connection to automate stuff that might otherwise be applescripted. It's a bit of a hassle, but for simple things like 'get url of current tab', 'open new tab', 'switch to tab x', etc, it's reasonably simple and can be scripted. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mozrepl/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mozrepl/