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Future of Firefox DevTools

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Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

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post #9

At the moment, I really like Chrome because I just find the behavior of the Omnibar superior to Firefox's Awesomebar. But hot damn, you're making me question loyalties on my dev machine.

I prefer Firefox Awesomebar as I find that when I type something in to search my browsing history it usually returns what I was looking for.. Chrome not so much. EDIT: what sergiotapia said ^^^

Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

#13
Really nice you are listening and responding to the community this well, that said the progress made during hack week is impressive but we'll have to see how fast and stable these suggestions leak through to nightlies and stable release.

Keep up the stellar work, firefox is gaining momentum again, make good use of it :)

Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

#14
Excellent, the network timeline is one of the features that has kept me on Firebug. The editor integration looks quite intriguing as well. Wonderfully rapid response, Paul! I may no longer have an excuse not to use the built-in dev tools. :)

Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

#15
The right-hand-side docking looks absolutely amazing (http://i.imgur.com/duQOXq7.png).

I have another bit of feedback. The web console has three positions available: Above, Below, and Window. With Firebug, I like to have the console open in another monitor and give the browser viewport maximum screen real estate in front of me. Firefox's web console doesn't let me do this because in "Window" mode it doesn't quite act the same as a fully-fledged window. For example, I can't maximise it and it doesn't have the full complement of normal controls in its window bar. http://i.imgur.com/V7eWC1m.png

Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

#16

Really nice you are listening and responding to the community this well, that said the progress made during hack week is impressive but we'll have to see how fast and stable these suggestions leak through to nightlies and stable release. Keep up the stellar work, firefox is gaining momentum again, make good use of it :)

You're right. That's the next challenge: delivering. It will take time.

Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

#17
post #9

At the moment, I really like Chrome because I just find the behavior of the Omnibar superior to Firefox's Awesomebar. But hot damn, you're making me question loyalties on my dev machine.

In my experience, Omnibar is giving me worse and worse results. sergiotapia's example mirriors my experience lately.

That said, Omnibar in Incognito Mode works well, because it only searches my history (which is what I want).

Edit: chrome://history is pretty cool, too.

Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

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post #15

The right-hand-side docking looks absolutely amazing ( http://i.imgur.com/duQOXq7.png ). I have another bit of feedback. The web console has three positions available: Above, Below, and Window. With Firebug, I like to have the console open in another monitor and give the browser viewport maximum screen real estate in front of me. Firefox's web console doesn't let me do this because in "Window" mode it doesn't quite a…

Fixed in Firefox 21.

Re: Future of Firefox DevTools

#20
post #9

At the moment, I really like Chrome because I just find the behavior of the Omnibar superior to Firefox's Awesomebar. But hot damn, you're making me question loyalties on my dev machine.

Haha, I just switched from Chrome to Firefox because I hate how Chrome prioritizes Google Search over my previous history. It's idiotic. Here, let me show you a clear example. http://i.imgur.com/uNsh7Yv.png Firefox clearly has the superior bar.

You can deactive this in chrome://settings/. I did it after your post. I find it also annoying.
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