Firebug On All Browsers? Who Knew?
To all front end web developers and web designers: did you know Firebug is available on all browsers?
Firebug is a software plugin that can be added onto Firefox as tool for debugging websites. Ever since I started designing websites I have been forced to use Firefox for debugging all of my work, which was not a horrible fate. Firefox is a perfectly fine browser and there are tons of great plugins available for Firefox to improve all different kinds of workflows. Firefox also keeps up to date with current web standards and encourages users to update their browser software on regular basis. Furthermore, the anarchist in me loves the fact that Firefox is open source.
However, I am a Mac user and Safari is significantly faster on my machine. PC Adviser claims that Safari is 38 percent faster than Firefox. Safari also renders websites at a much higher resolution. So, understandably, I was thrilled when I found out I could have my cake and eat it too. Firebug Lite allows users to use the Firebug plugin with any available browser.
Here is how it works:
1. Place the code below in the head of any web project that you are working on.
<script type=”text/javascript”src=”http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js></script>
2. Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet
3. Load your web project into the browser of your choice
4. Bam!!!! Check that out!!! Firebug!!!
That is it. Easy as pie.
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