If you like you could add you use case to http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2045 (assuming the existing one is close to your needs).
jjb On Jul 17, 10:33 am, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to have the ability to block Firebug for specific sites > and be on by default for all other websites. > > My problem now is that for most web applications that I work on, I > want Firebug to be enabled--mostly because of the error count in the > browser's status bar (or else a lot of time is wasted, not knowing a > page has JavaScript or CSS errors on it) but also because it is an > extremely powerful and useful extension. However, I also participate > in many public developer discussion mailing groups so I need to have > an email account where spam filtering is really good and that means I > need to use Gmail. Unfortunately, Gmail is non-functional/non- > responsive when Firebug is enabled. > > Currently, I have 2 competing choices: > 1. Have Firebug off by default and lose time by not being notified of > JS and CSS errors > 2. Have Firebug on by default and lose time when trying to check my > email waiting for Gmail to time out and then once it finally lets the > Firefox process respond to user interaction, temporarily disable > Firebug > > Even just a simple about:config preference to define a regex for URL > matching would be perfect for me. Please consider this. > > In the mean time, does anyone know of any extensions that can report > the JS/CSS error count in the status bar like Firebug does? If I had > an extension like this, then I would be perfectly okay with choice #1. > > Thank you, > Matt > > On Jul 7, 11:38 pm, Nick Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [Snip] > > > > > I think the thing that is missing is the ability for Firebug to > > > > maintain it's state between tab switches - like becoming a background > > > > process. I am not sure if this is a bug or part of the new feature. > > > > I don't know what you mean here. Firebug maintains meta-data for each > > > tab you've activated it on. But if you select a tab that is not > > > active, like GMail, then Firebug suspends. Background activity on the > > > other tabs is not tracked while suspended. Note that the Firefox tabs > > > are an illusion: there is only one process here and one set of debug > > > APIs. We cannot suspend GMail and not the other tabs (well actually I > > > think we could get close by filtering, but we don't do it yet). > > > I understand the idea of single processes. See below your steps > > (below) as I am not experiencing what you are describing. > > > > > Either way perhaps you can help me by suggesting the settings I should > > > > use to enable Firebug permanently on certain tabs butdisableit > > > > permanently on other tabs, and I still want to be able to minimise > > > > Firebug (but it carries on running) for the tabs it is activated on - > > > > as far as I can see this is only possible with domain based > > > > activation? > > > > I guess you are another victim of the [X] change. I'll spare you the > > > detail and go right to the suggestion: > > > > 1. Uncheck On for all and Off for all. > > > 2. On the sites you want to debug, open Firebug. That activates > > > Firebug for the site. > > > 3. Don't push [X]. That deactivates the site, you don't want it. > > > 4. To minimize, either use the [_] minimize function or hit the > > > Firebug Status bar icon. > > > 5. To unminimize, hit the Firebug Status bar icon. > > > I followed your steps exactly and I think I get it - it seems to be > > working as 1.3 now. I think the thing that was confusing me was the > > "Off for all Web Pages" & "On for all Web Pages" menu options. It > > seems it is really a three way switch: > > > * On for all Web Pages > > * Off for all Web Pages > > * User Activated per Web Page > > > (switching the first two off doesn't instinctively mean the third) > > Just having the two options in the menu caused confusion and so > > perhaps you should extend it to three mutually exclusive options. > > > Also can you clarify what 'Web Page' means? Does it mean domain - as > > in two FF tabs both on the same domain will have Firebug switched on > > or does it mean on a FF tab by tab basis? > > Will Firebug remember my settings between FF restarts ie. Session > > Manager style? - It seems too but perhaps you can confirm. > > > Cheers > > > Nick > > > > Note that minimize is a property of Firebug now, not of the site/tab. > > > F12 is bound to the same toggle by default. > > > > jjb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
