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How to use Firebug on your iPad and iPhone
- VonLipwig 15y agoThis looks like a pretty good last resort. I find that majority of iPad issues can be solved by just resizing safari to the iPad dimensions. Most issues I come across appear on both platforms so troubleshooting isn't too bad.
- sirn 15y agoIt works well, except when you have to deal with a really mobile specific stuff (e.g. -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio, -webkit-text-size-adjust) then you're left with no choice but to debug it on actual device (or in a simulator) although using Firebug on a small screen device is really awkward. WebKit Remote Debugging[1] would be an ideal solution when it lands. For the time being, weinre[1] looks like a good (stopgap?) solution. [1]: http://www.webkit.org/blog/1620/webkit-remote-debugging/ http://www.webkit.org/blog/1620/webkit-remote-debugging/ [2]: http://phonegap.github.com/weinre/ http://phonegap.github.com/weinre/
- vital101 15y agoWe use Weinre for remote debugging of iPads and it has worked out very well for us.
- paulsilver 15y agoMy friend Sky wrote an HTML/CSS debugger for iOS - http://skyapp.co.uk/dbug/ http://skyapp.co.uk/dbug/ - it doesn't give you all the functions of Firebug, but it's very handy and easier to start than this.
- bergie 15y agoInteresting. I wonder if this also works on the Android - the Transformer Prime might be a handy devel box.
- driverdan 15y agoThis is nothing new, there are plenty of tutorials on how to get bookmarklets onto iOS devices. Souders created a nice bookmarklet a while back with I bunch of the top debugging / testing bookmarklets: http://stevesouders.com/mobileperf/mobileperfbkm.php http://stevesouders.com/mobileperf/mobileperfbkm.php