Selenium hangs instantiating FirefoxDriver

Question

I try to get started with selenium (downloaded the current version today) and copied their example which opens a browser and performs a google search.

However, the progr

Answer 1

These cases are usually when Firefox & Selenium are a little "out of sync" in terms of compatibility.

You should try two things: update Selenium to the latest one and/or downgrade Firefox. Keeping an eye on the Selenium Release Notes