Selenium alternatives?

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Published on 2009-01-08T22:02:11Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 9:43 UTC
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Selenium seems to be the mainstream tool for browser side testing and it isn't that horrible. But are there any alternatives hiding out there, even in beta phase?

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