I noticed there's a checkbox for "make FirefoxDeveloperEdition my default browser," is that just a vestigial thing from the regular FF installer, or is it actually safe for me to use FFDE as my regular browser?
Firefox Developer Edition
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Re: Firefox Developer Edition
#32Is the theme available to use it with "regular" Firefox ?
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#33I noticed there's a checkbox for "make FirefoxDeveloperEdition my default browser," is that just a vestigial thing from the regular FF installer, or is it actually safe for me to use FFDE as my regular browser?
I've been using Firefox Nightly (which is more experimental than FDE) for years, without any real problem. So, I believe it's safe.
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#34WebIDE still feels like a toy for now. Very little customization for the text editor for now. Also the browser has a shiny new dark theme but the text editor doesn't seem to support themes (and has a light theme as default).
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#35That's great. Now if everyone else could have an up-to-date, experimental-feature-activated browser, this would be useful.
By everyone you mean other vendors?
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#36I would really like to see a good javascript profiling tool in FF. Chrome has one but I think it can be improved upon.
Have you tried the profiler in the devtools? If there's anything that you think is missing, don't hesitate to mention it here: https://ffdevtools.uservoice.com
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#37They bundled theme otherwise all old stuff. I was at least expecting remote API, more UI fixes with dev tools. /me Loves Chrome Dev tools, anything less is a waste of time...
They don't seem to have anything akin to Chrome's mobile emulator. They have "Responsive Design View" but it is much less feature complete than Chrome's mobile emulator, only seems to set a resolution.
If you launch WebIDE, you'll see that it can install Firefox OS emulators. I think it can connect with an Android emulator, too, but I haven't checked.
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#38Why emphatize on the download button that it is a "free download"? Maybe they'll add a payed option in the future?
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#39I think it really should not prompt to be the default browser when you launch it (and maybe never show this prompt like Chrome Canary). A colleague had a weird race condition (I guess) with this prompt + the "how-to" overlays and Firefox Developer Edition stopped responding to clicks 3 seconds after launching it… Kudos for using a different profile than the classic Firefox/Nightly :)
At installation, there's also a checkbox to set it as the default browser, and it's pre-checked. I think, even full-time web developers wouldn't want to set it as default, and Mozilla should retain themselves here.
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#40Just to clarify is this the tool they announced a few days ago with that small video?
Yup - the very same