Why do I prefer Selenium (Ruby) over Watir?

I develop/maintain raw Selenium WebDriver tests with better efficiency.

A week ago, a reader sent me a question “what were your reasons for stopping using Watir in 2010?”

I started real UI test automation with Watir in 2006 (see My Test Automation Journey), and liked it a lot. I even wrote an ebook on Watir. Check…