Firebug Blog
blog.getfirebug.com · Company blog · on HN since 2010
The official blog of the Firebug Firefox extension, announcing releases and compatibility changes for the web debugging tool.
What HN saysHN links it for release and compatibility notes, and for the announcement that Firebug is being merged into Firefox's built-in developer tools.
20HN people shared it
9linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Firebug 2.02 people · 327 points · first shared 2014 · 120 comments on HN
- 2Firebug Metamorphosis2 people · 138 points · first shared 2010 · 76 comments on HN
- 3Firebug 3 – next generation of Firebug2 people · 18 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 4Firebug 1 7 02 people · first shared 2011
- 5Firebug 1.5.0 Release Details1 people · 48 points · first shared 2010 · 20 comments on HN
- 6Firebug 1.6.0 release1 people · 9 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 7Merging Firebug into the Built-In Firefox Developer Tools1 people · 3 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 8Firebug 1.8 released1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 9Firebug extension allows inspection of closure vars & lets, not just fields1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 10Firebug 1.10.01 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 11Firebug 2.01 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 12Firebug 1.7.1b1 released1 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 13Firebug 1.12.1 released1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 14Firebug 1 8 11 people · first shared 2011
- 15Firebug 1 8b61 people · first shared 2011
What HN people wrote when they linked it
johnp_ · 2016-09-06
PSA: The Firebug you know (version 2) is incompatible to e10s and there will be no e10s-compatible Firebug 3. Instead, Firebug.next is built-into Firefox(!):
https://blog.getfirebug.com/2016/06/07/unifying-firebug-firefox-devtoo…
thousande · 2015-06-03
The next generation Firebug will be built on top of the native dev tools, https://blog.getfirebug.com/2014/11/10/firebug-3-next-generation-of-fi…
cauterized · 2015-02-25
Yes. Last spring Firebug rewrote its script debugging tools on top of the new JS debugging APIs in the then-upcoming FF nightlies[1][2]. Firebug was painfully slow for me on JS-heavy sites about a year ago. This year it's perfectly responsive, on the same computer.
[1] https://blog.getfirebug.com/2014/03/26/firebug-2-0-alpha-1/
[2] https://blog.getfirebug.com/2014/06/10/firebug-2-0/
capnrefsmmat · 2011-08-15
The latest Firebug claims to be compatible with FF5 and 6:
http://blog.getfirebug.com/2011/08/10/firebug-1-8-1/
You should try updating all your addons.
dangoor · 2011-07-18
Just thought I'd mention that Firebug 1.8 (now in beta) is compatible with Aurora and Nightly:
http://blog.getfirebug.com/2011/07/18/firebug-1-8b6/
torsy · 2011-03-22
For the devs, you can now run Firebug in FF 4. http://blog.getfirebug.com/2011/03/21/firebug-1-7-0/
andrewf · 2010-11-21
Firebug is aiming for full functionality on other browsers in the future. Sadly not ready yet :) http://blog.getfirebug.com/2010/10/24/firebug-metamorphosis/
jseifer · 2010-08-11
Link to alpha version: http://blog.getfirebug.com/2010/08/10/firebug-1-6a19/
holygoat · 2011-03-22