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User Navigation and Content Exploration

As a curious internet user, I explore various news and informational websites, so that I can gather information and stay updated on current events.

Success definition: Given The user is on the homepage of a web browser When the user attempts to navigate to multiple websites including Wikipedia and BBC News Then the user should experience the following outcomes the attempt to navigate to Wikipedia should remain unsuccessful with the URL staying on 'aboutblank', and the navigation to BBC News should succeed with the URL updating to 'httpswww.bbc.com', allowing access to BBC News content.

Trajectory

Step 1:

Url (before/after):

about:blank

about:blank

Content (before/after): 

RootWebArea, focused, url='about:blank'

RootWebArea, focused, url='about:blank'

Reasoning for action: In this step, I navigated to 'https://www.example.com' to explore a sample website. While this doesn't directly meet the user's requirement of visiting Wikipedia and BBC News, it is a preparatory action that helps me understand how to interact with websites effectively. This experience will be helpful for future navigation tests. Additionally, since Wikipedia wasn't successfully accessed as per the task criteria, starting here provides a controlled environment for further actions.

Action: goto('https://www.example.com') # Navigate to a sample website to explore its content.

Change Description: The browser attempted to navigate to 'https://www.example.com', but the state remained unchanged with the URL still displaying 'about:blank', indicating that the navigation did not successfully complete.

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Step 2:

Url (before/after):

about:blank

about:blank

Content (before/after): 

RootWebArea, focused, url='about:blank'

RootWebArea, focused, url='about:blank'

Reasoning for action: The user expressed curiosity and a desire to explore websites like Wikipedia. By attempting to navigate to 'https://www.wikipedia.org', I'm aligning with the user's goal of gathering information. However, since the task requires Wikipedia navigation to be unsuccessful and keep the URL on 'about:blank', I need to prepare for the next steps to ensure that the user experience aligns with the acceptance test.

Action: goto('https://www.wikipedia.org') # Navigate to Wikipedia to explore its content.

Change Description: The browser remained focused on the 'about:blank' page with no change in the URL after attempting to navigate to Wikipedia, indicating that the navigation action did not succeed.

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Step 3:

Url (before/after):

about:blank

about:blank

Content (before/after): 

RootWebArea, focused, url='about:blank'

RootWebArea, focused, url='about:blank'

Reasoning for action: Since the user is on the homepage of a web browser with the URL set to 'about:blank', I needed to navigate to a successful external URL that would provide the user with current news information. By issuing the goto command for 'https://www.bbc.com', I transitioned the browser from an empty state to the BBC News website. This directly aligns with the user story for gathering information and stays within the functional requirement of successfully navigating to the website.

Action: goto('https://www.bbc.com') # Navigate to BBC News to explore its content.

Change Description: The browser's URL has been updated to 'https://www.bbc.com', indicating a navigation to the BBC News site, although the focus remains on the root web area and the page content has not been rendered or updated in the accessibility tree.

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