How to run a macro in a browser?

[bwanaaa]

I want to open three websites with a button click. These websites are webmail-boxes.
Login needs to be auto matic
-so far this can be done in chrome by right clicking on a bookmark folder containing these websites. the login info is remembered by chrome. but i want to do MORE!

I want to open all the new emails since I last opened these mailboxes. (this should be easy since the emails are usually flagged 'unread')
I want to download all attachments that may accompany these new emails.
(harder since I have to scan the email for the word 'attachment'/

I realize there is a macro add-on called iMacros. Of course there are too many versions of this app
http://www.iopus.com/imacros/compare/all/
so I dont know which one to get, let alone learn to use.

I was thinking that a bunch of javascript code typed into the url bar would achieve this. the javascript could be saved as a bookmark and simple executed. Is this possible?

 

[ZeroRift]

I used to use both iMacros and Selenium professionally to perform this kind of web scripting. Needless to say, they are both rather cumbersome to learn and use. They both have a fair amount of documentation online, though you may have to go to third parties (forums like this one ) to work out any kinks that may show up on your particular system.

Specifically, you would want the browser add-on versions of each. Not only are they free, but they require the least amount of configuration / messing around to get up and running.

My advice is to download one of the two, and play with the "record" and "play" buttons while surfing around and work out how each of the programs generates and runs scripts. It's hard to substitute experience with these tools as they can be quirky.

Your js option is creative. Someone else would have to address that, as I'm afraid I only know enough on that to be dangerous :sneaky:.