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Saying Goodbye to Firebug

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Re: Saying Goodbye to Firebug

#3
Thank you for the amazing contribution and for for making it a little bit easier to debug during a time when debugging was even harder. Firebug set in motion the browser tools that are bundled today.

Re: Saying Goodbye to Firebug

#4
i will miss you firebug!!! I loved when i could open firebug + native dev tools... that way i could navigate in html with firebug and make css changes on the native dev.. on the same screen!

Now i can only open the native dev tools and i can only view either "Style editor" OR "Dom navigation" but not both at the same time.

Will miss you firebug as extension!!

Re: Saying Goodbye to Firebug

#7
Firebug was the greatest thing to happen to web development. Honestly I still prefer it to the native dev tools. I especially love how most things go to the console so I don't have to jump all over the place to find the information I'm looking for. I absolutely abhor the network panel in Chrome. It's like they're purposefully trying to make it difficult.

Re: Saying Goodbye to Firebug

#8

Firebug didn't just raise the bar for web debugging, it pretty much raised the bar for all debugging tools. It leaves a great legacy with the built-in dev tools. Great project.

Whoa. That's pretty hyperbolic. Firebug is definitely cool but things like SoftICE or the Visual Studio debugger were amazing.

Re: Saying Goodbye to Firebug

#10

Firebug was the greatest thing to happen to web development. Honestly I still prefer it to the native dev tools. I especially love how most things go to the console so I don't have to jump all over the place to find the information I'm looking for. I absolutely abhor the network panel in Chrome. It's like they're purposefully trying to make it difficult.

The firebug theme in firefox dev tools has eased the pain somewhat for me.
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