I thought I'd tried that before posting this and it wasn't doing what I needed it to.
I tried it again with Firefox 3.5.2 and Firebug 1.4.2 and this does seem to fix my issue. Thanks for your help guys! :) -- Keith On Jul 12, 10:41 am, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 11, 11:34 pm, Keith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been using Firebug's net tab for quite some time, well over a > > year. Recently, there has been a change in the way it works. I'm > > assuming it's related to this "Firebug needs to be activated before it > > can gather blah blah" in the net tab. The problem is, the way it was > > working before, when I'd find a site I wanted to use Firebug with, all > > I needed to do was open Firebug, navigate to the net tab, and all the > > info I needed was there waiting for me. Now, it seems I need to have > > Firebug already open before loading the page to have that info? > > No, all you need to do is reload the site after opening it the first > time. > > > > > What if the page I need it for is one I opened into a new tab with a > > right-click? And what if it's a page that I didn't know I'd need to > > use Firebug for before loading it? Now that the page is loaded, the > > information sent to me by the site may be different, even if I do > > clear the browser cache and force a fresh reload (which is > > inconvenient if it's a page that's loading a lot of media for example. > > I don't have a multi-megabit connection). There is also the issue of > > cookies etc. that needs to be taken into account. Now I also have to > > go through and figure out what domains are sending me those cookies, > > and manually delete them (or just delete ALL cookies and lose the ones > > I need to keep), and THEN force a refresh without using the cache. > > That's assuming that I get the same information from the server even > > then. > > The only difference between Firebug 1.4 and 1.3 in this area is that > 1.3 reloaded the page automatically while 1.4 you do it manually. All > of the issues you raise are true in 1.3 as well. > > After the first reload, subsequent reloads or page visits will have > the net panel data. > > > > > What I'd like, and what Firebug seems to have done before (in version > > 1.3 maybe? I just update things when updates are available, I don't > > track what the updates do, I assume they fix bugs and add features), > > is to ALREADY be active on whatever sites I visit. That's the way I've > > been using Firebug and that's why it has addressed my needs in the > > past. I need the net tab's data there at all times, already there when > > I open Firebug. Is there a way to do this? Is there a way to get it to > > work the way 1.3 did which seems to have automatically reloaded the > > page? Because this new way doesn't seem to meet my needs in several > > instances, and I've given it a fair try on several occasions so far. > > Just to repeat, the only difference is that 1.3 auto-reloaded on the > first activation. If you hit control-R right after you open Firebug, > the result will be the same as 1.4. > > As NH already mentioned, you can turn on "On for all pages". I > recommend this only in the case that you use Firefox solely for > Firebug work. > > > How can I fix it or do I need to downgrade from FF3.5 to FF3.0.x and > > FB1.3-ish? > > Firebug 1.4 works with Firefox 3.0. And Firebug 1.3.3 is available if > you want to use it. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
