I agree completely. Particularly with all the onreadystatechange errors, if firebug is enabled on a site with ajax (and what isn't ajaxed these days?) it makes using the browser.... frustrating.
On Jul 27, 9:20 am, Winfield <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using Firebug actively for several years in web development > and I'm very pleased with the FireBug <= v 1.3 behavior (global on vs. > global off w/ WhiteList enablement). It takes a short time to add all > of the sites I actively develop on (local dev system, staging, > production, etc) and FireBug immediately is enabled only for the > places I want it. Adding new hostnames to the list is straight- > forward and easy. > > I upgrade to FireFox 3.5 and firebug 1.4 earlier this week and found > the new Enablement system very confusing. My main use-case is to open > and close Firebug repeatedly while it captures JavaScript and Network > information, especially JavaScript errors. > > However, Firebug's new "automatic" behavior disables Firebug every > time I hide the Firebug pane or switch tabs which usually prevents me > from being able to use it again (for example, code that prints to the > JS console breaks when the console is repeatedly enabled/disabled by > the automatic system). > > I understand the motivations in trying to simplify the configuration > and code required for "manual" enable/disable in 1.3 and prior > versions, but the new 1.4 system is frustrating and unusable for me. > I had to downgrade my development system to FireFox 3.0 and Firebug > 1.3 to meet any of my normal development needs. > > I'm sorry to see the vocal anger and disrespectful feedback being left > on the groups here. I completely echo that sentiment. I waited 4-5 > days to cool off from how angry/frustrated using Firebug 1.4 made me > to try and be civil. > > Please reconsider this new feature! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
