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Hey, this is pretty neat! Certainly seems like something that'll make it easier to test webpages on mobile or what not. However, the fact it's a script you hav
by CM30 7y ago
Hey, this is pretty neat! Certainly seems like something that'll make it easier to test webpages on mobile or what not.
However, the fact it's a script you have to install on the source page definitely limits its usefulness. Most of the time when I need a console for a mobile browser, it's to debug an error that's occuring on a client or customer's website. They're probably not going to be too thrilled with the prospect of another 100KB of code being downloaded by anyone viewing the site, even if it is behind a URL parameter or flag.
The way that old mobile version of Firebug was available as a bookmarklet just made it significantly more practical to use here.
- _fat_santa 7y agoThe alternative would be to something like a browser extension. I don’t know if Safari on iOS supports extensions but I think Firefox does. Just create a wrapper extension that injects this code into the current page you are on.
- nxrabl 7y agoIt's easy to miss in the readme, but there is a bookmarklet! I've just confirmed it works in Safari on iOS. You need to edit an existing bookmark with the javascript snippet rather than just pasting it into the address bar, but it does work.
- CM30 7y agoOh yeah, I'm not sure how I missed that. Bookmarked that now.