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Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#11

Post by tshadwell » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:11 PM UTC

I noticed the logo loads slowly and it actually loads a huge x1024 image https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/9069/firefox-dev-ed_logo-...

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#12

Post by Attic » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:12 PM UTC

SnaKeZ wrote: post #10

Linux?

There's a linux version as well, it automatically gave me the tar ball.

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#13

Post by grk » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:12 PM UTC

For those not liking the dark UI, you can switch by opening the dev tools, clicking the gear icon on the right and selecting "light theme".

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#14

Post by groovecoder » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:15 PM UTC

tshadwell wrote: post #11

I noticed the logo loads slowly and it actually loads a huge x1024 image https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/9069/firefox-dev-ed_logo-...

We're working on this right now in #mdndev on irc.mozilla.org

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#15

Post by pluc » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:18 PM UTC

That's great. Now if everyone else could have an up-to-date, experimental-feature-activated browser, this would be useful.

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#16

Post by callahad » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:18 PM UTC

JetSpiegel wrote: post #2

Just a rebranding of Aurora, focused on developers? I was expecting something more from all the fanfare.

There are new features (tools adapter, side-by-side profiles, compact theme, developer-friendly default preferences).

But what's larger than any of that is the change in Mozilla's policy / conception of the pre-Beta channel. This is very much a v0 offering, of course, but it's an indication that we genuinely want to take developer feedback seriously and co-design this with you.

We've given ourselves the freedom to ship tools into Developer Edition that aren't yet ready for Beta. We're willing to change the browser's appearance and defaults specifically for a web developer audience.

If you have feature requests, please submit (or upvote) them on UserVoice: https://ffdevtools.uservoice.com/forums/246087-firefox-devel... the DevTools team actively monitors and responds to requests there. Your ideas will get seen, and now, we have even more freedom to actually execute on them.

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#17

Post by sgarrity » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:20 PM UTC

_ducky wrote: post #4

pherocity_ wrote: post #3

Well, I'm getting a 404 when trying to download. I'm guessing the new toolset doesn't help with this?

404 for me as well. Update: The link for Download at the bottom of the page worked for me.

Should be all set now.

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#18

Post by cdevroe » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:24 PM UTC

pluc wrote: post #15

That's great. Now if everyone else could have an up-to-date, experimental-feature-activated browser, this would be useful.

I agree. However, I think I'll use this for debugging my applications rather than relying on it to see how our users will see our apps.

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#19

Post by agumonkey » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:26 PM UTC

timdorr wrote: post #9

Here's the prettier link to download: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

I believe this is the stub (~400Ko)

Sniffing my laptop gave me this http://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/nightl...

Felt weirdly generic since the name didn't indicate any special edition, but I ran it and it says developer edition.

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tl;dr In case someone needs an offline installer, grab that url.

Re: Firefox Developer Edition

#20

Post by jader201 » Mon, Nov 10, 2014, 2:26 PM UTC

cdevroe wrote: post #18

pluc wrote: post #15

That's great. Now if everyone else could have an up-to-date, experimental-feature-activated browser, this would be useful.

I agree. However, I think I'll use this for debugging my applications rather than relying on it to see how our users will see our apps.

Effective debugging often depends on us being able to see the app as others see our app.