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Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Re: Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Post by johns »

bprater wrote: post #2

Don't forget to nab the UJS plug-in for it: http://remi.org/2009/01/06/using-firebug-to-debug-unobtrusiv... Now you don't have to guess what events were bound to which elements!

I wish I could upvote this 10 times. EDIT: except that while cool, it's very fresh and buggy. High hopes for it though.

Re: Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Post by davecardwell »

LogicHoleFlaw wrote: post #3
bprater wrote: post #2

Don't forget to nab the UJS plug-in for it: http://remi.org/2009/01/06/using-firebug-to-debug-unobtrusiv... Now you don't have to guess what events were bound to which elements!

That's fantastic. Are there any other great tools I should be aware of?

Have you come across Yahoo!’s YSlow plug-in for Firebug? It scores your page against their “Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site”, and is handy for looking at the page’s external resources and relevant HTTP headers.

http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html

Re: Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Post by davecardwell »

davecardwell wrote: post #5
LogicHoleFlaw wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's fantastic. Are there any other great tools I should be aware of?

Have you come across Yahoo!’s YSlow plug-in for Firebug? It scores your page against their “Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site”, and is handy for looking at the page’s external resources and relevant HTTP headers. http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/ http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html

If you have used YSlow before you might be interested in the upcoming YSlow 2.0. I just came across a slideshow while looking for URLs for my comment above. The extensibility looks quite interesting.

http://www.slideshare.net/stoyan/yslow-20-presentation/

Re: Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Post by thorax »

LogicHoleFlaw wrote: post #3
bprater wrote: post #2

Don't forget to nab the UJS plug-in for it: http://remi.org/2009/01/06/using-firebug-to-debug-unobtrusiv... Now you don't have to guess what events were bound to which elements!

That's fantastic. Are there any other great tools I should be aware of?

There's also Firephp for getting the server to send additional trace data: http://www.firephp.org/

EDIT:

Also, this article has a good overview of multiple Firebug extensions: http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug/list-of-firebug-e...

I know some people who love PixelPerfect for transferring Photoshop mockups to CSS.

Also one of the comments mentioned widerbug which I might try now that I have this weird 18.4" laptop: http://www.command-tab.com/2008/01/19/widerbug-widescreen-fi...

Re: Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Post by jpcx01 »

Arggg.. no Firefox 3.1 support

Firefox plugin API really needs an overhaul. It shouldn't be assumed that everything breaks on every point release. Firefox needs to come up with an API going forward and stay backwards compatible till the next full version number.

I think Chrome is going to lead the way here. Their plugin strategy seems to be based off fixing the mis-steps of firefox.

Re: Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Post by thorax »

jpcx01 wrote: post #8

Arggg.. no Firefox 3.1 support Firefox plugin API really needs an overhaul. It shouldn't be assumed that everything breaks on every point release. Firefox needs to come up with an API going forward and stay backwards compatible till the next full version number. I think Chrome is going to lead the way here. Their plugin strategy seems to be based off fixing the mis-steps of firefox.

I just use extensions.checkCompatibility=False in about:config and most extensions work just fine.

Also, they've changed addons.mozilla.org where most addon authors just have to flip a dropdown box to move support to a new version-- no new upload required. Many authors don't know that, so they wait until the full release to change their support.

FF 3.1 should break very few extensions. Almost none of mine died, though Firebug is particularly sensitive. But I used Firebug 1.3.0 betas just fine for a while on FF 3.1. (My new laptop isn't using FF3.1 at this moment, though.)

Re: Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released

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Post by Jasber »

LogicHoleFlaw wrote: post #3
bprater wrote: post #2

Don't forget to nab the UJS plug-in for it: http://remi.org/2009/01/06/using-firebug-to-debug-unobtrusiv... Now you don't have to guess what events were bound to which elements!

That's fantastic. Are there any other great tools I should be aware of?

FireCookie: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6683

Great when working with sessions or cookies.

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