[Ieunit-general] Question about a pending patent.

[James X. L. <jam...@us...>]

Hi everyone,

has anyone had experience with the IEWatch software?
In a press release at http://www.iewatch.com/pr-1-2007.aspx (released this 
month)
the company stated that they are claiming a patent for a feature that
allows users to inspect HTML code by directly clicking on rendered pages.
Has anyone tried this feature?  Does anyone know details about their pending
patent claim.

This feature seems to be exactly what QuickFocus of IeUnit does, except that
QuickFocus also produces various kinds of JavaScript test code.
QuickFocus has been released two years ago, and open sourced last year.
I don't know whether IEWatch company is aware of IeUnit, but when I searched
"IeUnit" on Google, IEWatch was the only popup software ad displayed on the 
side.

I am a little concerned that potential conflict between this patent
claim and IeUnit project may cause unnecessary trouble for IeUnit users
or for them.

best wishes,

James X. Li