Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by camerondaigle » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 2:17 PM UTC

Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View
shaneriley.com

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by ctdonath » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 3:06 PM UTC

"Strange how much human progress and accomplishment comes from contemplation of the irrelevant." - Scott Kim

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by huskyr » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 3:45 PM UTC

That's a pretty nifty hack. Wish i thought of that before :)

Does anyone actually use the new 3D view in Firefox?

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by glenntzke » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 3:58 PM UTC

huskyr wrote: post #3

That's a pretty nifty hack. Wish i thought of that before :) Does anyone actually use the new 3D view in Firefox?

I've played with it but haven't found any great use case (except, now, this). Next time I come across an annoying z-index bug I'll probably bust it out. Anyone who has had the displeasure of build modals on modals (always a good UX) could sympathize.

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by grayrest » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 4:04 PM UTC

huskyr wrote: post #3

That's a pretty nifty hack. Wish i thought of that before :) Does anyone actually use the new 3D view in Firefox?

I don't use 3D view but I've used Jesse Rudderman's topo bookmarklet[1], which is conceptually very similar, for years. It's more useful in IE so you can see what tag IE is failing to close but it's useful for getting a quick feel for unfamiliar markup when doing Greasmonkey hacks and the like.

[1] https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/webdevel.html

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by jaredcwhite » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 4:18 PM UTC

That is sick.

In a totally good way, of course.

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by 0x006A » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 4:18 PM UTC

Anyone up to create a 3d shooter game in it.

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by adam_lowe » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 4:25 PM UTC

Good stuff. Always pushing the envelope Mr. Riley.

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by hammock » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 4:28 PM UTC

Using FF 16 on XP... I don't have a 3d button in my Inspector? Anyone know how to get one?

Re: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View

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Post by kibwen » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 4:34 PM UTC

hammock wrote: post #9

Using FF 16 on XP... I don't have a 3d button in my Inspector? Anyone know how to get one?

Also using XP here. Make sure you're on the right bar (Firefox has way too many disparate developer tools). It's Ctrl+Shift+I to bring up the Inspector. There should be a button labeled "3D View" on the far right, next to "Style". I don't think it requires any sort of hardware acceleration, the computer I'm on right now isn't exactly recent...