On Nov 25, 12:30 pm, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 25, 2:22 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You say "...having FB open when I don't request it...". I guess you > > mean: > > 1. Openhttp://getfirebug.com > > 2. Open Firebug > > 3. closehttp://getfirebug.com(theweb page, not Firebug). > > 4. go on vacation > > 5. Openhttp://getfirebug.com > > Firebug opens and you don't want it? > > Correct. > > > If so, then the issue here is that Firebug does not know you went on > > vacation. It has no way to tell the difference between the scenario > > above and > > 1. Openhttp://getfirebug.com > > 2. Open Firebug > > 3. reloadhttp://getfirebug.com > > But doesn't FB know it's current state? Like if I'm on A.com now, and > it's closed, and I click a link to go to B.com, even if the last time > I was at B.com it was open, just a second ago it was closed. It knew > it was closed. I get that it's nice to remember "Hey, last time I was > on B so let me open again.", but it would be nice to have an option to > enable/disable it.
The option is "Click off on B.com" ;-) > > I guess I see the first scenario as different from your second one. In > your second one, in the UI, FB is open. It should stay open forever > until I close it, no matter where I click. Ditto for closing. You can try Right click "On for All pages" and then "Clear Activation List" to turn everything off. But I do not recommend these generally. They fail for most users because they don't really want "On for All Pages", they want "Read My Mind and Be On When I Think It". We've not been able to develop that feature ;-). > > > Plus many users like Firebug to open on the sites they develop on, > > without having to do anything. That is how it works, but it means if > > you don't want it to open onhttp://getfirebug.com afteryou open it, > > then you need to turn Firebug off before you close. > > I guess I'll start closing FB. But do you at least see where this can > be surprising? I agree that Firebug's activation behavior is complicated. The core problem is that users insist on using Firefox for both Firebug and non- Firebug work. That means we need to be active on some pages and not on others. So we have to a way for users to tell us which pages they want to use Firebug on. I suppose a simple On or Off would be less surprising, but it would also be a lot less useful for lots of users. jjb > > > (Just to be sure, I assume you are using either 1.4.5 or 1.5b4 and > > that you don't have some funky option set, try Firebug Icon Menu > > > Options >Reset All). > > Yep, running 1.4.5. > > As I said, I guess I'll start closing FB when done. -- 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.
