Next Firebug

Since FireBug 0.4 shipped at the end of May, I haven’t written a line of new code for the project. I wish I could have found more time for it, but it was a busy summer for my other projects.

During that time, I’ve gotten to actually use FireBug quite a bit, and made a long list of things that tick me off. Plenty of users have sent in bug reports and feature ideas in that time, as well, so I’m sorting through them all now and plan to spend some time knocking off as many as I can.

If you’re a FireBug user, and there is any particular feature that you’re wishing for, now would be a good time to let me know in the comments, and maybe it will get bumped up the todo list.

FireBug has become pretty much indispensable to me as a web developer.  Combined with the Web Developer Extension, I have the ability to test, manipulate and interrogate any page I’m working on.  The JavaScript debugger is amazing, and the ability to find out, and change, the properties of any object on the page, at the HTML, CSS & JavaScript level has truly changed the way I debug code.

Go give him some kudos and any suggestions for the next version.  Also, full marks to Gijs Kruitbosch for using his Google Summer of Code sponsorship for FireBug.  It’s yet another testament to how great this extension is. 

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