Let me be equally clear: this is not how 1.4 was designed, it is not how 1.4 works for us, and it is not how it should work for you.
First try firebug 1.5a21. We reimplemented the storage of the activaton list. Does it help? Second install 1.5a21 in a new firefox profile. After you see that firebug works, add extensions one at a time. jjb On Aug 19, 12:50 pm, nroussi <[email protected]> wrote: > John, let me just make it very clear (at least for my case) > 2 tabs - 1 gmail, 1 whatever.com > I want whatever.com on and gmail off > I press off in the tab for gmail and FB turns off. Next page refresh > it pops open again. It NEVER stays off. > Most posts here are experiencing the same thing. They want the option > "Disable Firebug for this domain". Is that so difficult to do? It was > available before 1.4... > > On Aug 19, 11:10 am, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 19, 3:14 am, dan_m2k <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've just followed your instructions regarding installing Firebug > > > 1.5a21 and resetting options. > > > > It *may* have worked, you know. However: I set 'off for all pages', > > > right? > > > No, do not set Off for all Pages. > > > > Then I go to the page I'm developing in a tab, enable all > > > panels - alongside X number of non-work related tabs. Then I'll switch > > > to another tab e.g. gmail and there Firebug is, still, enabled for the > > > second tab where I didn't enable it for. Urm....? > > > This is not correct behavior. Now we need to figure out if we have a > > bug or if something you have installed is breaking Firebug. The simple > > test is to ask you to install Firebug in a new Firefox profile and > > verify it works correctly. It could be another extension including a > > Firebug extension. > > See for hints:http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/web/faq-about-firebug > > > jjb > > > > On Aug 17, 5:07 pm, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 17, 7:28 am, dan_m2k <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm interested by johnjbarton's reponses. > > > > > > I share the frustration shared by, nroussi, amongst others. > > > > > And I am also very frustrated by the current situation. We have a > > > > version of Firebug with a bug we cannot fix but everyone thinks the > > > > problem is a Firebug design problem. > > > > > > I feel that the take-away for this is that the activation model > > > > > clearly doesn't meet the majority of user's expectations in how it > > > > > works, in that a lot of users (myself included) feels that it doesn't. > > > > > I don't take that away at all. So far all I am hearing is that the > > > > activation fails to work correctly. Changing the model won't help > > > > because there is a bug in Firefox that prevents the user from getting > > > > the correct result no matter what the model says. > > > > > I'm going to say the same thing here five differ ways: > > > > > Firebug 1.4 uses page annotation to store activations. > > > > Firefox 3.* has a bug in page annotations, it forgets some. > > > > Consequently Firebug 1.4 activation fails for some people all of the > > > > time. > > > > Firebug 1.5a21 stores page annotations in text files: it should work > > > > all of the time. > > > > > > It isn't a bug as such, it seems to be a flaw in the usability in the > > > > > latest "Vista" release of Firebug. My rationale for this is that > > > > > seasoned Firebug users simply don't get how it works. I'm still at a > > > > > loss how to enable this for some sites and not others. > > > > > Here's my theory: > > > > > The reason the activation fails for you has not a single thing to do > > > > with usability, design, model, Vista, rationale, seasoned, user- > > > > understanding or any of this other stuff. > > > > > The reason the activation fails for you is simple: a software bug. > > > > > You can easily prove my theory wrong: install Firebug 1.5a21, reset > > > > the Firebug options (eg by Firebug Icon Menu > Options > Reset > > > > Options). Then try activating a page (open Firebug on that page) or > > > > deactivating on (Off button for that page). > > > > > > As per john's specific comments -- my suggestion would be to go back > > > > > to an activation model that works in way that users understand. > > > > > First convince me that you've tried our activation solution. I think > > > > you have been suffering from the page annotation bug. > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
