On Feb 6, 2010, at 23:39 , Aaron Patterson wrote:

> mechanize version 1.0.0 has been released!
> 
> * <http://mechanize.rubyforge.org>
> * <http://github.com/tenderlove/mechanize/tree/master>
> 
> The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. 
> Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects,
> can follow links, and submit forms.  Form fields can be populated and
> submitted.  Mechanize also keeps track of the sites that you have visited as
> a history.
> 
> Changes:
> 
> ### 1.0.0
> 
> * New Features:
> 
>  * An optional verb may be passed to Mechanize#get GH #26
>  * The WWW constant is deprecated. Switch to the top level constant Mechanize
>  * SelectList#option_with and options_with for finding options
> 
> * Bug Fixes:
> 
>  * Rescue errors from bogus encodings
>  * 7bit content-encoding support.  Thanks sporkmonger! GH #2
>  * Fixed a bug with iconv conversion. Thanks awesomeman! GH #9
>  * meta redirects outside the head are not followed. GH #13
>  * Form submissions work with nil page encodings. GH #25
>  * Fixing default values with serialized cookies. GH #3
>  * Checkboxes and fields are sorted by page appearance before submitting.

YAY! Down with WWW!