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Firefox is Still King When It Comes to Development

Adam Scheinberg, October 17, 2008 (16 years ago)

At home, I prefer Camino. At work, I use Google Chrome. I find both to be very pleasurable experiences. But no browser out there comes even close to challenging Firefox when it comes to development.
First of all, extensions such as Stylish and Firebug are invaluable. In fact, scratch Firebug, the default Firefox error console alone is aces to me.
Is there anyone who can tell me why no browser besides Firefox has a "View Background Image" link even as an option? How come no other browser has developer friendly stuff? I know that the Web Inspector in Webkit browsers is really cool - I love Webkit - but ultimately, it's Firefox I often resort to when I'm doing real work.

Riba

2008-10-18 04:20:43

I have to admit I've rarely used Firefox and Firebug. Being a full time Opera user, I usually turn to Firefly, which is actually very nice, but still needs to mature a bit. Occasionally I'm using Web inspector in Safari as it does seem very elegant.
Can you suggest any killer features of Firebug in comparison with the above two that may make me try it?

Tnx!

Riba

2009-09-29 11:14:10

I have to admit I've rarely used Firefox and Firebug. Being a full time Opera user, I usually turn to Firefly, which is actually very nice, but still needs to mature a bit. Occasionally I'm using Web inspector in Safari as it does seem very elegant.<br>Can you suggest any killer features of Firebug in comparison with the above two that may make me try it?<br><br>Tnx!