nostr:npub19lt4284mghqxekzm6n5njxurnxrxhqhrva2leusdsuu5ja5jeycq66qfjk These might initially seem like the worst idea ever, but it’s

Important part of how Selenium works for Unit, System, and Regression testing.

I don’t know the ‘intended’ reason, but in all of my exposure to it, they’ve been useful in that they don’t trigger filters or certain extensions. I’m pretty sure it’s to emulate unpredictable CSS selector behaviour, and it’s done at runtime for automated testing.

You can work it around with with Regex, and I’ve had to on occasion, but in general it’s usually worth playing by the Selenium rules for the sake of your own sanity.