Firebug Articles
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Saying Goodbye to Firebug
The most popular and powerful web development tool. Firebug has been a phenomenal success. Over its 12-year lifespan, the open source tool developed a near cult following among web developers. When it came out in 2005, Firebug was the first tool to let programmers inspect, edit, and debug code right in the Firefox browser.
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Firebug lives on in Firefox DevTools
Firebug, the original browser developer tool, has been discontinued as a separate Firefox add-on, and will go forward as Firebug.next atop Firefox DevTools. The spirit of Firebug lives on in all of the browser developer tools we build and use today.
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Firebug & DevTools Integration
You might have already heard about our effort to unify native Firefox Developer tools (DevTools) and Firebug. We’ve been working hard to port all favorite Firebug features into native DevTools, make them multi-process compatible, and available for remote debugging (i.e., e10s compatible). We’ve been also working hard to make the transition path from Firebug to […]
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Pixel Perfect 2: extension for Firefox Developer Tools
Pixel Perfect is a Firefox extension that enables web designers to overlay a web page with semi-transparent images (layers). The designer can then tweak the page’s content until it exactly matches the layer.
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Firebug 3 & Multiprocess Firefox (e10s)
Firebug 3 alpha was announced couple of weeks ago. This version represents the next generation of Firebug built on top of Firefox native developer tools. There are several reasons why having Firebug built on top of native developer tools in Firefox is an advantage — one of them is tight integration with the existing platform. […]
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Firefox Developer Tools and Firebug
If you haven’t tried the Firefox Developer Tools in the last 6 months, you owe it to yourself to take another look. Grab the latest Aurora browser, and start up the tools from the Web Developer menu (a submenu of Tools on some platforms). The tools have improved a lot lately: black-boxing lets you treat […]
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Firebug 1.12 New Features
Firebug team released fresh new Firebug 1.12 and here is a list of some new features we have implemented in this version. Firebug 1.12 is compatible with Firefox 23 – 26 Firebug is an open source project maintained by developers from around the world and I can’t miss this opportunity to introduce all members who […]
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Firebug 1.11 New Features
Firebug 1.11 has been released and so, let’s take a look at some of the new features introduced in this version. First of all, check out the following compatibility table: Firebug 1.10 with Firefox 13.0 – 17.0 Firebug 1.11 with Firefox 17.0 – 20.0 Firebug 1.11 is open source project surrounded by contributors and volunteers […]
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Firebug 1.10 New Features
Firebug 1.10 has been released and so, let’s see what new features are introduced in this version. First of all, check out the compatibility table: Firefox 5.0 – 13.0 with Firebug 1.9 Firefox 13.0 – 16.0 with Firebug 1.10 Firebug 1.10 is true community achievement and so, let me also introduce all developers who contributed […]
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A look into a Firefox work week
This post was originally published as A Compendium of Awesome, and is a short summary of a Firefox work week. Posted here to give an overview, with focus on some details, about things happening with Firefox developement. Two weeks ago, the Firefox team got together for a work week in Toronto. It was amazing. Walking […]
