Re: Minor word change suggestion for current draft W3C WebDriver standard

Hi Mark,

Thank you for your comments.

I believe that `introspection` is the correct terminology here. The
WebDriver implementations work by looking into the browser to get the
necessary moving pieces to work. This allows a remote client to send a
request but that request doesn't actually inspect the browser. It relies on
the browser looking internally for the right item and returning it.

Thanks,

David

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 9:32 PM M. Bearden <the.beardens@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear WebDriver standards team,
>
> This is very minor, but if it's a valid point, it seems more salient
> because it affects the very opening sentence of the standards document.
>
> The first sentence (Abstract) of the July 2020 draft of the WebDriver
> standard is:
>
>     WebDriver is a remote control interface that enables *introspection*
> and control of user agents.
>
> Wouldn't the word "inspection" be better than "introspection"?   The word
> "introspection" means observation of *one's own self*, by *one's own self*.
>
>
> *introspection:  *a reflective looking inward *: *an examination of one's
> own thoughts and feelings
> <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/introspection>
>
>
> The next sentence of the standard goes on to confirm "...a way for *out-of-process
> programs* to *remotely* instruct the behavior of web browsers...".  That
> matches my own first thought, that the inspection (as well as control) of a
> web browser or other application is being done by a remote outside tester
> or test system, not by the browser/application itself.
>
> Very minor, but it did jump out at me while I was looking at the current
> draft.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Mark Bearden
> Woodstock, GA
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbearden/
>


-- 
David