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Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

lomnakkus wrote: post #68
ben336 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain why? I've never found a use case that it covers better than Chrome, and it seems to bloat FF a bit. But I'm very willing to believe I just don't understand what it offers.

One thing that I found indicative of the "depth" of Firebug is the very simple context menu item when you right-click a URL in the Network tab: "Copy as Curl command" (the text may read differently, this is from memory). It creates a clipboard entry which contains a "curl" command line with all the cookie/header/etc. data that would be sent from your browser if you were to request that URL (via Ajax or whatever). You…

Chrome and Firefox both have that.

Re: Firebug 2.0

#112

Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

darkhorn wrote: post #64
andrethegiant wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm always surprised when I read comments about how the Firefox devtools offer the best developer experience. Every single one of these new features (except searching the dom via CSS selectors or regex) have been available in Safari's Web Inspector for OS X for at least a year. Plus, I think the UI is more thought out and easy to use in Safari. Can someone explain what Safari's Web Inspector is lacking?

It doesn't run on PCs.

Which is a shame. Apple should bring back Windows Safari.

Re: Firebug 2.0

#113

Post by mkesper »

yeukhon wrote: post #52
Kiro wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find the Firefox dev tools very inferior to Chrome dev tools, missing a lot of "must have" features.

If you are using Firefox for testing front-end, I suggest using Nightly as a copy for dev tool. You will get the latest goodies.

Easy way to install them both?

Re: Firebug 2.0

#114

Post by snarfy »

gkoberger wrote: post #16

I use Chrome or Firefox built in developer tools, however I still think Firebug fits my workflow the best. Unfortunately it's too slow to use. The thing I miss the most is the inline display of AJAX call responses, and being able to write/run multi-line snippets of JavaScript (without ctrl+enter). Somewhat interestingly, Firefox built their entire add-on architecture because Joe Hewitt wanted dev tools (for debugging…

I hate that I have to use both. If I right click and inspect element on your username, and then search for 'gkoberger', firefox shows zero matches because it doesn't search attributes. At the time of this posting, chrome finds four matches. It's little stuff like that which drives me crazy.

Re: Firebug 2.0

#115

Post by psilva261 »

It's indeed really fast. Also it's possible to deactivate Firefox' default "Inspect Element":

about:config -> devtools.inspector.enabled -> false

Re: Firebug 2.0

#116

Post by rplnt »

Kiro wrote: post #14
JoshTriplett wrote: post #3

I used to use Firebug extensively. These days, the built-in Firefox developer tools seem to cover everything I need.

I find the Firefox dev tools very inferior to Chrome dev tools, missing a lot of "must have" features.

Similarly, Dragonfly was one step above in my opinion. In-line editing was weird, but debugging, console, and network stuff suited me more. Now I use it alongside Chrome's default set, but I haven't even thought about firebug. I just assumed the firefox default replaced it.

Re: Firebug 2.0

#117

Post by [deleted] »

chowells wrote: post #67
Sindrome wrote: post #15

I really need to stop being so dependent on Firebug. I've done coding sessions or interviews where the other developer only has Google Chrome. Since I use Firebug so much, I am not as proficient with Chrome Dev tools. It makes me look like an amateur when I fumble around. Half the time saying I am used to Firebug is useless since they don't even know what it is.

If they don't know what Firebug is, they're not versed in the tools of the trade. You should consider that to be a very serious red flag about working with them. (Edited for tone)

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Re: Firebug 2.0

#118

Post by agapos »

mkesper wrote: post #113
yeukhon wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are using Firefox for testing front-end, I suggest using Nightly as a copy for dev tool. You will get the latest goodies.

Easy way to install them both?

I hope this can help you: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2821799&s...

Re: Firebug 2.0

#119

Post by mzs »

lomnakkus wrote: post #68
ben336 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain why? I've never found a use case that it covers better than Chrome, and it seems to bloat FF a bit. But I'm very willing to believe I just don't understand what it offers.

One thing that I found indicative of the "depth" of Firebug is the very simple context menu item when you right-click a URL in the Network tab: "Copy as Curl command" (the text may read differently, this is from memory). It creates a clipboard entry which contains a "curl" command line with all the cookie/header/etc. data that would be sent from your browser if you were to request that URL (via Ajax or whatever). You…

ff 31: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Network_Monit...

Re: Firebug 2.0

#120

Post by yeukhon »

mkesper wrote: post #113
yeukhon wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are using Firefox for testing front-end, I suggest using Nightly as a copy for dev tool. You will get the latest goodies.

Easy way to install them both?

Just download and then use profile manager to open them.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...

This way you can open as many firefox as you want.

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