Selenium WebDriver works but SLOW (Java)

Question

I am using Selenium WebDriver to take a screenshot of webpages. It runs great. However, from the time I hit run in eclipse to the time the screenshot shows up in my local dr

Answer 1

This thread shows a possible explanation.

To summarize, Selenium loops through all network cards and calls a method (getHostName) that takes a long time for virtual network cards. Disabling them solved the problem of the OP in the thread.

(In my own case, I am unable to disable any of them and have to wait at the start of each test case...)