- Added IE driver server autodetection and Ruby support for passing driver implementations, plus updated IE binaries and C++ dependencies.
- Updated JavaScript bindings to version 2.43.4, fixed npm shasum errors, and improved performance (mutable properties moved to constructors, CSS selector escaping, handling empty browser strings).
- Implemented a wide range of bug fixes across drivers (Firefox hidden property, IE11 stacktrace parsing, Chrome radio‑button handling, build/Maven fixes) and refreshed documentation.
Selenium 2.44.0
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Added a new transport layer for generated BiDi modules and improved BiDi schema fidelity, including extensible types and validation of primitives.