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What makes Firefox superior as a development browser? The Chrome Developer tools are, IMO far better then firebug...

te_chris 15y ago
I don't think they're necessarily superior, but I use chrome for everything anyway because it's my main browser. I don't do too much front end stuff, but for JS debugging and the odd css/html hack, it's more than enough to keep me from having to have two browsers open.
mun2mun 15y ago
Firebug with Firecookie http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ Firequery http://firequery.binaryage.com/ http://firequery.binaryage.com/ Firepicker http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ Jsonview http://jsonview.com/ http://jsonview.com/ Colorzilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/
- masklinn 15y ago
  > Firecookie http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ Built into the Webkit Developer Tools > Firequery http://firequery.binaryage.com/ http://firequery.binaryage.com/ jQuery objects visualisation (in console and inspector) are in the Developer Tools, rest is not (though the injection is a bookmarklet/browser extension away) > Firepicker http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ Missing indeed, Opera's Dragonfly has a color picker but the webkit devtools don't. > Jsonview http://jsonview.com/ http://jsonview.com/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chklaanhfefbnpoihckbnefhakgolnmc https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chklaanhfefbnpoihc... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ddngkjbldiejbheifcmnfmmfiniimbbg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ddngkjbldiejbheifc... https://github.com/rfletcher/safari-json-formatter https://github.com/rfletcher/safari-json-formatter > Colorzilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hmdcmlfkchdmnmnmheododdhjedfccka https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hmdcmlfkchdmnmnmhe... ?
  - mun2mun 15y ago
    Well for cookies chrome only shows the value, gives less control than firecookie. Other extensions seems 'hacky' solutions, doesn't feel integrated, some time slow. Also for css editing like add style, increasing/decreasing css rule value firebug is still better than chrome inspector (chrome still does not support increasing/decreasing in metrics tab). But javascript debugging experience is better in chrome. Chrome has good profiler, can add XHR breakpoint, listen for various event listener. On an unrelated note I can't live without tree style tabs(On average I have 30+ open tabs, which is unmanageable in chrome, hangs some time) and vimperator. All in all I still prefer firefox.
sid0 15y ago
I don't use Chrome at all, and don't even have it installed on most of my OS installs. I have Firefox everywhere though, and I'm pretty happy with IE and Safari respectively as backup browsers.

I don't think they're necessarily superior, but I use chrome for everything anyway because it's my main browser. I don't do too much front end stuff, but for JS debugging and the odd css/html hack, it's more than enough to keep me from having to have two browsers open.

mun2mun 15y ago

Firebug with Firecookie http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ Firequery http://firequery.binaryage.com/ http://firequery.binaryage.com/ Firepicker http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ Jsonview http://jsonview.com/ http://jsonview.com/ Colorzilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/

masklinn 15y ago
> Firecookie http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firecookie/ Built into the Webkit Developer Tools > Firequery http://firequery.binaryage.com/ http://firequery.binaryage.com/ jQuery objects visualisation (in console and inspector) are in the Developer Tools, rest is not (though the injection is a bookmarklet/browser extension away) > Firepicker http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ http://thedarkone.github.com/firepicker/ Missing indeed, Opera's Dragonfly has a color picker but the webkit devtools don't. > Jsonview http://jsonview.com/ http://jsonview.com/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chklaanhfefbnpoihckbnefhakgolnmc https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chklaanhfefbnpoihc... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ddngkjbldiejbheifcmnfmmfiniimbbg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ddngkjbldiejbheifc... https://github.com/rfletcher/safari-json-formatter https://github.com/rfletcher/safari-json-formatter > Colorzilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hmdcmlfkchdmnmnmheododdhjedfccka https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hmdcmlfkchdmnmnmhe... ?
- mun2mun 15y ago
  Well for cookies chrome only shows the value, gives less control than firecookie. Other extensions seems 'hacky' solutions, doesn't feel integrated, some time slow. Also for css editing like add style, increasing/decreasing css rule value firebug is still better than chrome inspector (chrome still does not support increasing/decreasing in metrics tab). But javascript debugging experience is better in chrome. Chrome has good profiler, can add XHR breakpoint, listen for various event listener. On an unrelated note I can't live without tree style tabs(On average I have 30+ open tabs, which is unmanageable in chrome, hangs some time) and vimperator. All in all I still prefer firefox.

sid0 15y ago

I don't use Chrome at all, and don't even have it installed on most of my OS installs. I have Firefox everywhere though, and I'm pretty happy with IE and Safari respectively as backup browsers.