Comments on: Developer’s Toolbox: Web Developer Firefox Extension

By: ses5909

ses5909 — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:36:52 +0000

Do you remember when someone used the webdev toolbar to help hack an application? Can you say PITA?

I’ve always had it installed and use it a lot, especially to outline the block level elements . I do find myself using Firebug more often though. Nice post and I’m excited for the series!

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:53:54 +0000

I’ve been using this for a while, and by god do I love it, and I use it once every 5 minutes on an Internet Browser (hmm.. I wonder if this website’s CSS validates *click*)

As for Firebug, I must have been missing something, I didn’t find it too helpful?

By: Jelena

Jelena — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:30:18 +0000

I used Web Developer Firefox extension as well as Firebug, but 2 weeks ago, my Web Developer Toolbar just stopped loading itself and not showing any icons. I tried to disable/enable it, and then uninstall/install again, but with no luck.

The good news is, Firebug still works.

By: TIP: Web Developer Firefox extension

TIP: Web Developer Firefox extension — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:20:22 +0000

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By: MrSpooky

MrSpooky — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:12:19 +0000

I should have added ‘View Generated Source’ and made it my top 6. I do a lot of AJAX and being able to see the source of what I’m looking at versus the source of the initial HTTP response has helped me out tremendously…..

By: New Jersey

New Jersey — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:19:28 +0000

‘View Generated Source’ got my attention….I’m waiting for that one. Thanks for all your help. Keep up the good work.

By: MrSpooky

MrSpooky — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:54:35 +0000

I use the LiveHTTPHeaders extension to view Request and Response headers in realtime.

By: Golgotha

Golgotha — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:46:04 +0000

Good choice for the start of this series. I too use this plugin and love the Outline Block Level Elements and the Display ID & Class Details. I also used the View Response Headers for this article to show the web server.

By: John Faulds

John Faulds — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:34:38 +0000

I find I don’t use the webdev extension as much anymore because I instead use Firebug for a lot of stuff.

The bits I do still use are:

1. resize screen
2. validate HTML & CSS (both external and local)
3. display line guides (good for lining things up)
4. disabling js, CSS and images
5. I still use the edit CSS pane if I want to copy a site’s CSS quickly (usually when I’m troubleshooting other people’s pages on forums etc.)
6. viewing response headers