Web Developer Toolbar 1.0 released

By Kevin Yank | January 4, 2006 | JavaScript & CSS

Happy New Year! If you haven’t checked your Firefox Extensions window for available updates lately, now’s the time. Version 1.0 of the Web Developer extension for Firefox, Mozilla and Flock was released on December 31st, with a huge list of mostly minor updates.

One of the new features that I really love is the ability to open the DOM Inspector and JavaScript console as Firefox sidebars.

Three cheers for Chris Pederick!

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Kevin Yank

Kevin began developing for the Web in 1995 and is a highly respected technical author. He wrote Build your own Database Driven Website using PHP and MySQL, a practical step-by-step guide published by SitePoint, and he's co-author of the SitePoint Tech Times, a bi-weekly newsletter for technically-minded web developers. Kev believes that any good webmaster should have seen at least one episode of MacGyver.

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dewebtimes February 20, 2006 at 5:40 am: I have been using this extension since a long time, i i find this extension to be of gr8 use, from a designer as well as a developer point of view.
mqcarpenter January 23, 2006 at 10:16 am: I have been looking for a comprehensive tool like this for months. So far it looks to be fantastic. Thank you
malikyte January 10, 2006 at 2:31 am: The following link will allow you to debug Javascript and CSS separately, it was an extension afterall:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1815&application=firefox
evetS January 8, 2006 at 5:46 pm: The upgrade doesn’t work. You have to uninstall the previous version of the Web Developer Toolbar and install the new version. At least with firefox 1.0.7
malikyte January 7, 2006 at 6:00 pm: I’ve seen a way to do this, but I can’t remember if it’s v1.5 that takes care of this, or if it was an extension…
efarmboy January 7, 2006 at 1:54 pm: Anyway to have the javascript debugger ignore CSS errors?
malikyte January 7, 2006 at 12:54 am: Uninstall the extension and reinstall it. It should fix the problem with the 1.0.0 update of the extension.
turbowebs January 6, 2006 at 12:33 pm: Is anyone else having trouble with the new Developer Extension locking up Firefox? If Firefox decides to automatically check for updates, I can do nothing else but that and then shut down Firefox and restart it, even with no new updates available. This only since installing the latest Developer extension. I turned of auto updates and it works fine, but I like to automatically get them.
WebDevGuy January 5, 2006 at 11:33 am: I installe dit and find it useful for diagnosing issues. – thanks for the referral
bezaleel January 5, 2006 at 8:40 am: I tried it last night and it was worth the trouble.
beenz January 4, 2006 at 9:25 pm: thanks for letting us know
SG111 January 4, 2006 at 11:21 am: Thanks for the heads up.
Tim_Rogovets January 4, 2006 at 10:22 am: Thanks for lettings us know :)
Dean C January 4, 2006 at 10:02 am: Finally! Thanks for the heads up :)