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Selenium News and Updates: A Smattering of Selenium 83

A Smattering of Selenium #83 is a historical community roundup. The official archive teaser mentions the Toronto Blue Jays, but the issue’s links are unavailable.

By the ScreenshotNeo team4 October 20264 min read

Direct answer: “A Smattering of Selenium #83” is a historical Selenium community roundup, not a current Selenium release announcement. The official Selenium blog archive lists issue #83 with the teaser, “Well, might not be in Florida, but how about them juggernaut Blue Jays?” That teaser is a topical aside about the Toronto Blue Jays; it does not establish what links or technical topics the issue covered.

What the available record tells us

The archive identifies the entry as issue #83 in Selenium’s Smattering series. The series is a community roundup of Selenium and automation links. For issue #83 specifically, the accessible archive listing supplies the Blue Jays teaser. The post body and its individual links were not retrievable in the research available for this article, so their contents cannot be reliably summarized.

  • Issue: A Smattering of Selenium #83.
  • Type: A historical community roundup.
  • Archive teaser: A reference to the Toronto Blue Jays.
  • Unknown from the accessible listing: The issue’s link list, article topics, and any Selenium project announcements.

What not to infer from the title or teaser

The title’s “News and Updates” wording can sound like a release bulletin, but the available evidence identifies this specific entry as a Smattering roundup. The baseball teaser does not prove that the issue announced a Selenium version, changed project guidance, or discussed any particular browser automation feature. Treating it as current Selenium news would also be misleading: it is a specific historical entry.

How to find the original issue

  1. Open the official Selenium blog archive.
  2. Search the archive for “A Smattering of Selenium #83.”
  3. Use the entry’s own link if its original post becomes available. The archive teaser alone is not enough to reconstruct the missing body or link list.
  4. For current Selenium behavior or release information, consult Selenium’s current official documentation and release sources rather than relying on a historical roundup teaser.

Capture a Selenium page for later review

If you are documenting a Selenium blog entry or another page for a report, you can capture the rendered page as an image or PDF. Selenium itself can automate a browser, but setting up a browser driver, waiting for page rendering, and handling consent banners can add work when you only need a screenshot.

DIY: capture a page with Selenium in Python

This runnable example uses Selenium WebDriver with Chrome. Install Selenium and have a compatible Chrome browser available; Selenium Manager can handle driver setup in supported configurations. It opens a page, waits for document readiness, saves a viewport screenshot, and quits cleanly.

python -m pip install selenium
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

url = "https://www.selenium.dev/blog/"
options = Options()
options.add_argument("--headless=new")
options.add_argument("--window-size=1440,1000")

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
try:
    driver.set_page_load_timeout(45)
    driver.get(url)
    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(
        lambda browser: browser.execute_script("return document.readyState") == "complete"
    )
    if not driver.save_screenshot("selenium-blog.png"):
        raise RuntimeError("Chrome did not save the screenshot")
finally:
    driver.quit()

This saves the visible viewport, not an automatically stitched full-page image. For pages that load content while scrolling, scroll in controlled increments and wait for content before capturing, or use a screenshot service with a full-page option. Use only pages you are permitted to access, and avoid placing credentials or private content in publicly shared captures.

Or skip the browser setup

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FAQ

No. It identifies the Blue Jays as the subject of the teaser, but the accessible research record does not include the post body or link list.

Is issue #83 a Selenium release announcement?

The available evidence identifies it as a Smattering community roundup. It does not substantiate a release announcement.

Can I use the teaser to date the issue or identify its technical topics?

Not reliably. The teaser alone does not establish a publication date or the roundup’s technical contents.

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