Firebug 1.2 beta for Firefox 3 RC 1

Firebug 1.2 beta for Firefox 3 is released. The latest beta version comes with a lot of new features:

Enablement UI

• Disable always: when the Firebug UI is not active on any page, the debugger is disabled (minimal overhead)
• Instant on: when the Firebug UI is active, HTML, CSS, DOM views activate (minimal overhead)
• Script panel user-activation: initially disabled or enabled always
• Net panel user-activiation: initially disabled or enabled always
• Bug Icon gray unless some page has Script or Net panel activation
• No Allowed-sites/Disable for Site: no longer needed. The UI for this feature is being refined; overhead tests have not been completed. We are interested in feedback on this UI change.

 

 

Javascript Debugging

• Written/cleaned up eval support
• Performance on eval better, easier to support. This feature is complete; Bug reports on javascript debugger welcome.

Net Panel

• Net timing more accurate
• Only real network requests displayed.
• Limit for number of requests (configurable in preferences).
• Additional columns for: request method, status response + text
• Cache tab has expiration time in Net panel

Console

• Redesigned to use events/attribute passing.
  tests/console/joes-original/test.html mostly passes

Command Line

• Redesigned to avoid using evalInSandbox.
  tests/console/commandLineObjects.html mostly passes
  commandLineAPI functions, ok.

DOM Panel

• Works for FF3pre after about 2008041406 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425139)