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Firebug is quite often the culprit in these kinds of things in my experience. I can't live without it so I put up with it; if you're switching from Chrome howev

Firebug is quite often the culprit in these kinds of things in my experience. I can't live without it so I put up with it; if you're switching from Chrome however, it seems that you'd be better off just using the built-in inspection.

cpeterso 10y ago
Yes. I don't know if this is still the case, but Firebug used to disable SpiderMonkey's JIT, even when not using Firebug: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firebug/q2fuUraVDk8 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firebug/q2fuUraVDk8
mintplant 10y ago
Have you given the built-in Firefox dev tools a try? If so, what did you feel was missing?
- robin_reala 10y ago
  Also worth pointing out that the built in tools have a Firebug theme in the settings.
- mnarayan01 10y ago
  Really just that I've used Firebug for so long that using anything else is painful. I've tried switching but always ended up going back. Much of it is interface differences, but some of it is actual differences in functionality: if Firebug has something which another inspector does not, then it's super-frustrating. If another inspector has something that Firebug lacks, then I don't even notice. Edit: I should emphasize that I'm not saying Firebug is superior, just that I'm used to it.
  - johnp_ 10y ago
    PSA: The Firebug you know (version 2) is incompatible to e10s and there will be no e10s-compatible Firebug 3. Instead, Firebug.next is built-into Firefox(!): https://blog.getfirebug.com/2016/06/07/unifying-firebug-firefox-devtools/ https://blog.getfirebug.com/2016/06/07/unifying-firebug-fire...
  - frik 10y ago
    I would really miss the DOM tab of Firebug. You can explorer the DOM state which is very useful. Non of the other DevTools anywhere has that feature to my knowlegde.
  - newscracker 10y ago
    Though you're used to Firebug and find it convenient, it might be worth looking at something else once in a while to see what else is out there (especially if you're not using addons on top of Firebug to enhance it). Perhaps you could have a look at Firefox Developer Edition and try it. [1] [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Developer_Edition https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Developer_Edition

cpeterso 10y ago

Yes. I don't know if this is still the case, but Firebug used to disable SpiderMonkey's JIT, even when not using Firebug: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firebug/q2fuUraVDk8 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firebug/q2fuUraVDk8

mintplant 10y ago

Have you given the built-in Firefox dev tools a try? If so, what did you feel was missing?

robin_reala 10y ago
Also worth pointing out that the built in tools have a Firebug theme in the settings.
mnarayan01 10y ago
Really just that I've used Firebug for so long that using anything else is painful. I've tried switching but always ended up going back. Much of it is interface differences, but some of it is actual differences in functionality: if Firebug has something which another inspector does not, then it's super-frustrating. If another inspector has something that Firebug lacks, then I don't even notice. Edit: I should emphasize that I'm not saying Firebug is superior, just that I'm used to it.
- johnp_ 10y ago
  PSA: The Firebug you know (version 2) is incompatible to e10s and there will be no e10s-compatible Firebug 3. Instead, Firebug.next is built-into Firefox(!): https://blog.getfirebug.com/2016/06/07/unifying-firebug-firefox-devtools/ https://blog.getfirebug.com/2016/06/07/unifying-firebug-fire...
- frik 10y ago
  I would really miss the DOM tab of Firebug. You can explorer the DOM state which is very useful. Non of the other DevTools anywhere has that feature to my knowlegde.
- newscracker 10y ago
  Though you're used to Firebug and find it convenient, it might be worth looking at something else once in a while to see what else is out there (especially if you're not using addons on top of Firebug to enhance it). Perhaps you could have a look at Firefox Developer Edition and try it. [1] [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Developer_Edition https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Developer_Edition