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getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.8.4. This release has been also uploaded on AMO (it can take some time to pass the review process).

Firebug 1.8.4 is just a quick compatibility update. This version is compatible with Firefox 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Beta channel on AMO is also updated (1.8.4b1 is the same as 1.8.4).

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Jan ‘Honza’ Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.9a5

Firebug 1.9a5 is compatible with Firefox 5 – Firefox 10 (nightly).

There is one bug in Firefox that prevents using Firebug’s debugger on Aurora. It’s already fixed in Firefox Nightly and currently being ported to Aurora.

Update: Fix for the bug has been ported to Aurora.

Firebug 1.9a5 fixes 6 issues.

There are no new features in this release. We have been mostly focused on stability and regression bugs.

We are planning to release 1.9 beta 1 soon so, any feedback is appreciated!

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks

Jan ‘Honza’ Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.9a4

Firebug 1.9a4 is compatible with Firefox 5 – Firefox 10 (nightly).

Firebug 1.9a4 fixes 25 issues.

Some highlights from this release.

• Resend a HTTP request (issue 2225). This feature allows resending any HTTP request. Just right click on an entry in the Net panel and pick Resend.

  

• Tooltip for a conditional breakpoint (issue 2638). Do you use conditional breakpoints and don’t remember the associated expression? Now you can just hover mouse over the breakpoint and see all within a tooltip.

  

• Firebug’s and Firefox’s shortcuts don’t collide anymore (issue 4556).
• Are you browsing the DOM structure of the page and seeing a variable that you want to watch later when hitting a breakpoint? Right click on it in the DOM panel and pick Add Watch (issue 4524).

  

• Are you using the Net panel to observe HTTP headers? Now you can see even response headers coming from the browser cache – in case of 304 responses (issue 4905)

  

We have also improved Firebug auto-completion, fixed several stepping bugs in the debugger, improved our automated testing system and more.

Stay tuned!

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks

Jan Honza Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.9a3!

Firebug 1.9a3 is compatible with Firefox 5 – Firefox 9 (nightly).

Firebug 1.9a3 fixes 16 issues.

Some highlights from this release.

• Autocompletion in Firebug Command line has been improved (issue 3622 and issue 4803)
• Vertical position (line number) is preserved across page reloads (issue 1413)

Also, Firebug Working Group has a new member: Stampolidis Anastasios (aka Tasos). Tasos has been long time Firebug contributor helping with issues in various areas and FWG is pleased to have him on board!

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Jan ‘Honza’ Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug Lite 1.4! This release has been also uploaded on the Chrome Web Store and on the Firebug Lite Beta for Google Chrome channel.

Firebug Lite 1.4 fixes 10 reported issues, a couple of internal issues, and comes with some internal refactoring that will soften our future merge with Firebug code base.

Two new features were included in this version. Firebug Lite now shows the line number of CSS rules in the Style Panel, thanks to Sergeche’s Simple CSS Parser. Also, the way Firebug Lite stores its preferences were improved, thanks to the Marcuswestin’s Store library. This means that now Firebug Lite will remember its position/size, last selected Panel, last commands executed in the Command Line, and a couple of other internal states.

Please note that the CSS rule’s line number feature requires fetching all stylesheet sources, which will add a little overhead to the application. For this reason a new option “Disable Resource Fetching” was added for those who don’t want that extra overhead and/or additional HTTP requests. Also please note that this feature won’t work in all scenarios yet, so if you spot a bug please report it in our issue tracker providing a test case to reproduce the problem.

Last but not least, Firebug Lite is finally using automated unit tests so hopefully old bugs won’t reappear when new features are introduced. Note that the Issue 2977 will fail in this test runner because googlecode.com does not allow the php file required for that test. We’ll probably move the test runner to getfirebug.com in the future, but we need to adjust some bits of the runner’s code for that to work properly. Also note that Issue 3262 and Issue 3326 are known to fail in IE versions older than 9 because they use some HTML5 elements in the test case, and IE doesn’t like it. We could incorporate the HTML5 Shiv code in the test runner in the future, so that doesn’t happen.

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Pedro Simonetti Garcia.

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.8.3. This release has been also uploaded on AMO (it can take some time to pass the review process).

Firebug 1.8.3 fixes 7 issues since (1.8.2) and is compatible with Firefox 5, 6, 7, 8

Beta channel on AMO is also updated (1.8.3b1 is the same as 1.8.3).

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Jan Honza Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.9a2!

Firebug 1.9a2 is compatible with Firefox 5 – Firefox 9 (nightly).

Firebug 1.9a2 fixes 23 issues.

Some highlights from this release.

• DOM panel has a new option called Show inline event handlers (issue 4781).
• There is a new Protocol column in the Net panel displaying HTTP protocol. You can use it to sort all requests and see e.g. all https request together (issue 4805)
• Collision with RoboForm extension fixed (issue 4720)
• It’s now possible to copy parts of JSON responses into the clipboard (issue 4689)
• You can remove elements from the page while inspecting. Just start inspecting hover mouse over an element and press Delete key (issue 2212)
• Internal architecture change: Firebug UI is running inside a frame element in order to isolate itself from other extensions. If you are developing Firebug extensions, see further info about this change.

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Jan ‘Honza’ Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.8.2! This release has been also uploaded on AMO (it can take some time to appear).

Firebug 1.8.2 fixes 22 issues since (1.8.1) and is compatible with Firefox 5, 6 and 7 (beta)

Beta channel on AMO is also updated (1.8.2b1 is the same as 1.8.2).

This is a maintenance release and it mainly fixes reported issues. One enhancement to note:

Nodes inside the HTML panel can now be expanded/collapsed via * or the context menu option “Expand/Contract All” excluding script, style and link tags. To expand all nodes simply additionally press Shift.

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Jan Honza Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.9a1, check it out!

Firebug 1.9a1 is compatible with Firefox 5 – Firefox 9 (nightly).

The active Firebug development is now happening on Firebug 1.9 branch and selected patches are ported to 1.8. Firebug 1.8.2 is going to be released next week (including some of those patches) – it’ll be also compatible with Firefox 7 (beta).

Firebug 1.9a1 includes patches for all issue fixed in 1.8.1 and fixes 21 additional issues.

Some highlights from this release.

• Firebug supports displayName for function object and so Firebug stack traces can use custom name for anonymous functions (JSD doesn’t allow to use this for profiler results). This feature will be yet improved as soon as Salman Mirghasemi algorithm is ready (should happen soon!) (issue 1811)
• Design of the DOM panel has been improved and individual entries are now separated by neat horizontal line. Entries also react on mouse-over events and so it’s easier to make context menu operations (issue 3754)
• JSON response arrays (displayed in the Net panel) are not sorted alphabetically but Firebug respects indexes. Useful for all who work with HTTP/JSON (issue 4382)
• Debugger activation fixed. This is related to the annoying debugger not activated message (issue 4609)
• Every log in the Console panel now shows file name & line number (it’s coming from), not only error logs! (issue 4279)
• You can now open the mini-tab menu (used mainly for panel options) by right clicking one panel’s tab (issue 4723)
• Enabling and disabling panels is simplified and there is just one menu item for it (issue 4722).
• The script location list (on the Script panel) displays Inline for pages with no file name (issue 4779).

Special thanks to Sebastian Zartner and Harutyun Amirjanyan who helped a lot with the release!

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Jan ‘Honza’ Odvarko

getfirebug.com has Firebug Lite 1.4b1! This release has been also uploaded on the Chrome Web Store and on the Firebug Lite Beta for Google Chrome channel.

Firebug Lite 1.4.0b1 fixes 3 reported issues, a couple of internal issues, and comes with some internal refactoring that will soften our future merge with Firebug code base.

I know we haven’t seen many Firebug Lite releases recently, but there’s a good reason for that. Behind the scenes we’re making deep changes in Firebug to make it work remotely and in different browsers. With the adoption of the RequireJS/AMD pattern, we’re also making Firebug easier to extend and at the same time less prone to conflicts between the hosting environment, Firebug, and Firebug extensions. This means that in the future Firebug Lite will share most of its code base with Firebug, which in turn means Firebug Lite will be a lot more stable and easier to maintain.

Please post feedback in the newsgroup, thanks!

Pedro Simonetti Garcia.