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Cross-Browser Gotchas: Chrome Is Not the Web

Safari has no headless mode and allows one session at a time. Firefox speaks Marionette. The suite that only ever ran on Chrome is in for six surprises.

Difficulty
Hard
Format
Quiz
Points
200
Estimate
9 min

// MISSION BRIEF

Your Mission

Legal says the release must be verified on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. Your Chrome-only suite is about to meet the rest of the web.

Six questions on real cross-browser differences that break Selenium suites. Speed bonus active.

// FIRST CONTACT

Battle teaser

To run WebDriver tests against Safari on macOS you must first:

  1. AEnable automation once via 'safaridriver --enable' (or Safari's Develop menu), safaridriver ships with macOS but starts locked
  2. BNothing, it works out of the box like Chrome
  3. CDownload safaridriver from Apple's developer portal
  4. DInstall Safari Technology Preview, plain Safari has no driver
Answers, scoring, hints, and the full battle stay sealed.

// SKILL TAGS

seleniumcross-browsersafarifirefoxcompatibility