Firebug - A Must Use Extension For Webdesigners
Firefox is known for its A-La-Carte Form of Browsing. Well this is one you have to have
I have recently been made aware of the Firebugextension for Firefox. What firebug is an extension that allows you to easily put a ton of web development tools at your fingertips while you are browsing the internet. It allows you to easily edit and debug your code, you can monitor CSS, Javascript and HTML.
Here are some of Firebugs features. If you would use any of these, you sould definitely consider downloading it.
- Inspect HTML and Edit it - Firebug allows you to view the HTML of any webpage. It allows you to drill down the HTML and find tricky hidden elements. Once you have found what you are looking for, you can edit the html live.
- Perfect Your CSS - You can easily tweak the CSS on your page live and see the results as you work
- Webpage Load Time - Is your webpage taking too long to load? Firebug allows you to break down each aspect of your webpage and see if that is causing the slow loading. Great for finding errors like uncompressed images or third party services that are bandwidth heavy.
- Java On The Fly - Firebug gives you a command line that allows you to run your java on the fly. Allowing you to quickly catch your bugs.
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