If you know of any specific change we can make to Firebug that will improve it, please let us know.
In general terms Firebug controls its namespace in the browser very tightly. It has only a few globals and they are not likely to collide with other extensions. The most common way Firebug collides with other extensions is through listeners/callback hooks into Firefox. When two extensions are attempting to access similar Firefox information, Firefox is not always clear about the process or prepared for more than one hook. Unfortunately these problems are not usually visible ones and their impact may not be immediately clear. I don't recall ever saying "your firefox is broken". In fact I don't usually suggest reinstalling Firefox, it does not help. Rather I say "your firefox configuration is broken", and the fix is a new profile. My guess is that when people install Firebug in a new profile, they also don't install the extension that conflicts. Later when they do install a conflicting extension may be they blame the other one. If you have a problem with a Firebug and it is solved by a new profile but you are somehow unhappy with that result, then I can help you debug your old profile. Maybe we will learn something we can do to solve this more generally. But I can just sit in my office and guess what that solution might be just because you write in all capitals with lots of exclamation marks. jjb jjb On Aug 3, 11:49 am, ShadowC <[email protected]> wrote: > STOP saying "your firefox" is broken and build a version of Firebug > that can live up to Firefox and a normal constellation of extension, > for god's sake!!!!! > > On Aug 2, 12:06 pm, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First I'll say that we would not have released 1.4 if we had any > > evidence that 1.4 was too buggy to be useful. > > > "bugginess" is hard to measure, but if we go by the number of bug > > reports with test cases we'd have: > > 83 for v 1.2 or eariler (mostly 1.2) > > 29 for v 1.3 > > 72 for v 1.4 > > 184 total defects and enhancements with test cases, > > see:http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/list?can=2&q=label%3ATest-case-a... > > > Even though these numbers suggest 1.4 is 'buggier' than 1.3, I believe > > a large number of the 1.4 cases are dups or have been fixed by work we > > have completed. We have not had a chance to check for these. > > > Based on your list of problems, I would guess that your Firefox > > configuration is broken. If you install Firebug in a new Firefox > > profile, my bet is that these problems will all go away. > > Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/firebug/web/faq-about-firebug. > > > If this does not help, let us know. And if you want 1.3, all versions > > of Firebug are available athttp://getfirebug.com/releases. > > > jjb > > > On Aug 1, 10:40 pm, goodtest <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I love-love-love firebug and use it every day. But every since Firefox > > > 3.5 and firebug 1.4 came up, its giving me headache. > > > - Doesn't keep itself ON > > > - Crashes every now and then > > > - Doesnt recognize Script errors > > > > Earlier versions were gem, and I don't know who came up with 1.4 > > > version. I want to go back to earlier 1.3 (( --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
