Better way to ensure DOM is settled

[gladyshcodes]

What

Get rid of setTimeout and use Playwright API instead

Why

Currently, we use timeouts, wait one second before performing any actions on a page: new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));

This is ineffective for several reasons:

• DOM settlement can potentially take more than 1 second, making tests flaky
• Performance decrease: setTimeout unnecessarily introduces a delay, even when the DOM settles faster

[slavingia]

Eventually I'd like to deprecate Playwright and rely on Computer Use; so a "native" solution would be cool. We could always start with PW and then eventually deprecate.

[gladyshcodes]

Understood. I will pick it up shortly and implement it without Playwright

Asking about your vision—are you aiming for Shortest to eventually become the "next-gen Playwright"?

[slavingia]

Yep!

"Playwright can automate browser tasks in Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API."

Eventually computer use will be able to do all of this, and there won't be a need for playwright. I think we should bet on this!

[gladyshcodes]

Eventually computer use will be able to do all of this, and there won't be a need for playwright. I think we should bet on this!

Agree!