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Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by panzi »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #71
lomnakkus wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 dev tools has that too these days. Copy as curl.

these days == for years

Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by mtrpcic »

tambourine_man wrote: post #80
sroussey wrote: post #49

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https://github.com/firebug/firebug/tree/master/extension

I don't see either the font file or the vector artwork in this distribution

https://github.com/firebug/firebug/tree/master/extension/ski...

Look for firebugBig.png and firebugSmall.svg. I _think_ those are the files.

Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by schobesam »

One thing that i would love to see the callback on event listeners. And one feature that i was missing a couple weeks ago in the firefox dev tool was the ability to preserve network logs when changing page.

Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by gkoberger »

batuhanicoz wrote: post #61
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…

> The thing I miss the most is the inline display of AJAX call responses If I understood correctly, you can have this on Chrome. In Chrome JS Console, do a right click in an empty space, and select "Log XMLHTTPRequests" (or it was something similar).

I have the enabled, however it only shows the URL accessed.

To see the actual response, you have to click the URL, which takes you to the Network panel. Then you have to find the request on the Network panel (no clue why it doesn't deep link to the correct tab), then click Response.

Re: Firebug 2.0

#86

Post by alcari »

u124556 wrote: post #48
dfc wrote: post #33

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I hate the fact that the close window/dialog button for the devtools is on the left hand side when every other plugin puts this on the right hand side. I am not an every day user of FF's built in devtools so it is not something that I am accustomed to. Despite firebug's performance troubles when I go to select devtools or firebug I usually opt for firebug simply because the close button drives me nuts.

Are you on a mac? I just tried and the close button is on the right.

In that case, it's still backwards, because the normal close button on OSX is on the left.

Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by RussianCow »

sroussey wrote: post #17
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…

"too slow to use" -- it now uses JSD2, which is much faster. So you may want to give a try again, as your previous experience may no longer be valid on this point.

I just played around with it, and 2.0 is indeed much faster. Seems on par with other dev tools now.

Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by tambourine_man »

mtrpcic wrote: post #82
tambourine_man wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see either the font file or the vector artwork in this distribution

https://github.com/firebug/firebug/tree/master/extension/ski... Look for firebugBig.png and firebugSmall.svg. I _think_ those are the files.

Thanks, but that's not it. Nevermind

Re: Firebug 2.0

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Post by KNoureen »

This is good news, Firebug is a steady companion in my work. The UI is consistent, no elements moving around between releases. It works with Django web applications, which the built-in devtools does not. And allows me to persist the log of network connections between page reloads.
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