Firebug

getfirebug.com has Chromebug 1.6a5. As usual, this release should be used (only) with a matching Firebug version, 1.6a5. All contexts in the stack are marked as ’stopped’ when you hit a breakpoint. This means if your stack crosses from say a window to a component, then the debug controls remain available and the stack shows across [...]

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.6X.0a5. Mostly this release consists of bug fixes planned for Firebug 1.5.1. The break on next button moved from the main toolbar to the panel toolbar. Physically this is not a lot of distance but it allows the button to “belong” to the panel. The break on next button icons now depend upon the [...]

Pedro Simonetti just moved Firebug Lite 1.3 to beta. As a bonus he created a Google Chrome Extension version to make it a bit easier to use. Firebug Lite for Google Chrome helps developers check their pages developed on Firefox for issues specific to Google Chrome, or to study Web pages that look different on the [...]

Later this evening getfirebug.com will have Chromebug 1.6a4. Attempt to delete Chromebug contexts when windows are destroyed. Seems to be working. Different approach to XUL / XBL files, now can debug XBL JS Only change the context by user control ... [More] (not when windows open) Better naming of Sandbox and about:blank contexts Hacks to deal with jetpack hacks consolidate code to map [...] [Less]

The Firebug Working Group has some initial plans for Firebug 1.6 and 1.7. The short versions: Firebug 1.6 Target April 2010, Firefox 3.6 and 3.7: Better support for Firebug extensions Firebug 1.7 Target Sept 2010, Firefox 3.7: Internal Re-architecture jjb Please post follow ups on the newsgroup

When you apply the update for Firebug 1.4.5 to 1.5.0, your existing Firebug extensions also need to be updated. Users report success using FireQuery 0.4.1 (see post by sroussey) FirePHP 0.4.3 (see issue 2714) We know this manual update is not great ... [More] and we are working on a new approach for Firebug 1.6. jjb Please post followups to the newsgroup. http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/browse_frm/thread/dda39b70ea1543 [Less]

We’ve had several reports about Firefox crashing on Linux with Firebug 1.5.0. As far as we know this only happens in the unsupported 64 bit builds. We have no way to investigate this problem; we do not know if the problem has been reported to Mozilla. If you have this problem and want to use Firebug [...]

The Firebug Working Group proudly announces the availability of Firebug 1.5.0! After more than 6 months of development and 36 alpha and beta releases, the new Firebug is ready. Among the major enhancements: Mike Radcliffe’s Inspector. A key feature ... [More] , now solid as a rock, Jan ‘Honza’ Odvarko’s expanded and refined Net panel, with accurate timings, Steve Roussey’s reworking of [...] [Less]

getfirebug.com has Chromebug 1.6a3. Please update to Firebug 1.6a3 at the same time. This version add some support for “Sandbox” scopes used by jetpack. Lots of bug fixes so generally it’s starting to work better again. Inspect is working well, but one problem I don’t know how to fix: Firefox 3.6 gets a blank area at the [...]

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.6X.0a3. This release has the bug fixes for 1.5.0 plus our first new 1.6 feature, Jan ‘Honza’ Odvarko’s Scrolling Panels Tab Bar. This feature will be critical for users of Firebug extensions. (I just finished a rough draft of the 1.5 release notes, so we are close to 1.5.0 now…) jjb Please post followups in [...]