FireBug with FireFox

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    tarponkeith, Oct 24, 2007 IP
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    soulscratch Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, been using Firebug for around a year (think it came out last November or December)... got the Inspect button hotkeyed so I can easily find out what properties/values elements have. Couldn't live without it.

    Don't know how some of these Opera users (cough) can live without it.
     
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    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    Haha yeah, I Just checked it out today, and already am addicted...

    I just found out, you can edit the values and click "update" (or something) and it shows the page with your new values; what an awesome idea...
     
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    Chios Well-Known Member

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    Surely one of the most important pieces of software that I have loading on my PC. I use it practically everyday ...
     
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    soulscratch Well-Known Member

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    I don't believe you need to hit anything.. just hit Edit, type a new value in and I think it updates it on a new line break or every XX seconds..
     
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    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    Why have you never told me about it?

    haha, no, seriously this tool looks great...

    Whoa, you're right... I've been hitting "Show Computed Style" everytime! Thanks :)
     
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    I frequently use the JavaScript debugger in Firebug.

    You never asked. :) Just in case, you should also know about the Web Developer Toolbar add-on. With it you can delete cookies, clear cache, disable animated images, disable JavaScript, and even inspect CSS to find out what styles are being applied to what element.
     
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    Yeah, i'v been using it for roughly 9 months, a friend told me about it ^.^
     
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    Well, first off half of what it does Opera does OUT OF THE BOX or can do with the web developer add-ons... The other half is fluff that doesn't do a whole lot of good, or we already know how to do using the error console or by knowing our own code. (mind you, the FF tools are better when working on OTHER people's code)

    For me, a lot of what firebug does actually gets in my way though - but I say the same thing about many features in editors - color coding, code completion, etc, etc.

    Finally the web developer toolbar for Firefox and Firebug are only useful to people writing web pages - anyone writing a web page SHOULD have not just firefox, but Opera, Safari and multiple versions of IE installed so you can actually TEST (omg) the pages you are writing.

    Even if that steaming pile of shit known as firefux does tend to crash every 20 minutes like clockwork... Oop, my bad 'hangs'. I swear if I wasn't writing web pages that bug ridden piece of filth wouldn't be anywhere NEAR my machines.
     
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    oh, the hate... if you were a bit gentler with it, it would only crash once a day : )
     
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    yes, the Web Developer Toolbar does kick butt ! although they both partly address the same areas, they really show their work when used a complementary tools..
     
    hamzah, Oct 26, 2007 IP