False negatives/false positives

[alanhkarp]

I am writing a password management tool that should only fill password fields if they are visible. On the following sites isVisible reports that password field are not visible, but they can be seen on the page:

linkedin.com, wordpress.com, outbrain.com, amazonaws.com, hulu.com, wikihow.com, webmd.com

On none of these sites is the password field in an iframe. In most but not all of these cases, the problem is with the overlap test.

On fiverr.com isVisible reports that password fields are visible when they can't be seen on page.

[jasonfarrell]

Can you give me the page that you're trying it on, and the password's element selector?

[alanhkarp]

You can get them yourself.

linkedin.com: You'll see two password fields on the page. isVisible finds
the one at the top but not the one at the bottom.
wordpress.com: Click login . isVisible says the password field on that
page is hidden
outbrain.com: Click login . isVisible says none of the three password
fields should be visible
amazonaws.com: Click login and select any of the options. isVisible
returns false on the password field
hulu.com: Click login . Password field reported not visible
wikihow.com: isVisible says the password field isn't visible
webmd.com: Click the login link then click the userid field to keep the
popup open. isVisible says the password field isn't visible
fiverr.com: Click login. isVisible reports as visible a password field
that isn't in the viewport

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Alan Karp

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Jason Farrell [email protected]
wrote:

Can you give me the page that you're trying it on, and the password's
element selector?

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