Re: Respect for user data and how perl saved the day

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Re^2: Respect for user data and how perl saved the day by Errto (Vicar) on Feb 14, 2006 at 00:02 UTC
Yes, but not using those modules. WWW::Mechanize is designed to act like a web browser, but if I understand your idea correctly, you need a Perl program to interact with the web browser you the user are already using. For this you can use programmatic control modules. For IE this would be Win32::OLE with the 'InternetExplorer' class or perhaps SAMIE. For Firefox there's some equivalent but I haven't looked into it. My personal workaround is when I'm about to submit a big text block, I copy and paste it in a text editor before hitting the button. But that also is a bit of a pain.	[reply]
Re^2: Respect for user data and how perl saved the day by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 14, 2006 at 00:09 UTC
You could write a Sniffer::HTTP program that makes backups of your posts without requiring any changes to your browser at all. ⠤⠤ ⠙⠊⠕⠞⠁⠇⠑⠧⠊	[reply]
Re^3: Respect for user data and how perl saved the day by fergal (Chaplain) on Feb 14, 2006 at 14:18 UTC
Or you could install a mouse/keystroke logger or take screenshots of X every few minutes and then we could get rid of those annoying "Are you sure you want to discard your changes" dialogs from all our applications :)	[reply]
Re^4: Respect for user data and how perl saved the day by diotalevi (Canon) on Feb 14, 2006 at 16:37 UTC
Oh sure, if you want to have to retype everything. I kind of like the keystroke logger idea though. That's nice. ⠤⠤ ⠙⠊⠕⠞⠁⠇⠑⠧⠊	[reply]
Re^3: Respect for user data and how perl saved the day by davis (Vicar) on Feb 14, 2006 at 09:42 UTC
That relies on your browser sending the information. If you click the "back" button, no data is sent. davis Kids, you tried your hardest, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: Never try.	[reply]