Firebug 3 and Multiprocess Firefox

[kyriakos]

Firefox own developer tools won't log ajax calls in console. Firebug does. This and the fact that you need to open the settings tab to enable preserve log are my problems with Firefox tools keeping me on firebug.

[nathanstitt]

I agree, that's the single feature that's always kept me loyal to Firebug. There's a bug open on that at: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=972655

I'm attempting to find time to assist with it, but haven't thus far. Perhaps throwing it out here will bring in additional assistance

[robbyt]

AFAIK, the built-in developer tools in FFox > v33 log ajax calls now.

[eterm]

Personally I've switched back to dev tools in the developer edition, mostly because the ability to see which elements have events attached from the markup view is very useful.

[harpb]

Logging to the console with Firebug 3: http://cl.ly/image/0V1x2g253J3F/Image%202014-12-03%20at%202....

[makmanalp]

Hmm. What's the use case for ajax calls in the console instead of just switching to the network tab? Convenience?

[__david__]

Firefox dev tools most certainly do log ajax calls to the console. I just tested it in 34.0.5…

[findjashua]

what version are you on? I'm on 34.0, and they show up in the network tab.

[DrinkWater]

i am curious, what is the advantage of using Firebug instead of the built-in developer tools?

[JohnBooty]

One advantage is that there are plugins, like YSlow from Yahoo, that are available for Firebug. Though the article notes that plugins don't currently work with the Firebug 3 alpha.

YSlow is pretty useful, both as a developer and when attempting to demonstrate potential problems with a site's performance to others in an objective way.

Besides: a plugin with its own plugins is just cool.

[arenaninja]

I think Firefox Dev Tools may have reached parity with Firebug. Up until recently (~3 months), Firebug was superior in network, more informative in console when using console.log for objects, resizing, etc. Still, Firebug does have add-ons

[Fuxy]

I use a number of plugins in firebug like YSlow and FireLogger that unfortunately don't work with the default Firefox developer tools.

I honestly wish they did since there are very few features I would miss from Firebug itself but the plugins add very useful features.

[ep103]

Firebug is basically built to extend default FF dev tool capabilities. Its comparable to running chrome nightlies.