2011/6/16 Andrew <[email protected]> > Is there some limitation with the Chrome extension API or something? >
Compared to Firefox's extension ecosystem, Chrome is indeed very limited, so I believe you may never see the exact same features running on both platforms. On the other hand, there's a lot more we (current Firebug developers and future contributors) can do. Since I started working on Firebug Lite a couple of years ago I envisioned porting Firebug (at least most it) to other platforms. After working a lot on porting Firebug code I realized that in order to have a feature rich and future proof Firebug on other platforms, we would have to do more than porting code from Firefox to other platform, but rather, sharing the common code across different platforms (maintaining two different projects of +40k lines of code is just not viable). At the same time, Firefox is evolving, and the upcoming changes (like the multiprocess architecture, and the new extension API aka JetPack) and new requirements (remote and mobile debugging) made us to rethink our steps. We are now working hard to make Firebug compatible with the new Firefox architecture that is about to come, to be able to debug remote and mobile applications, and also be compatible with multiple platforms. In other words, Firebug will soon have a completely new architecture that will allow us to share code across Firefox and other browsers, among other cool things. But the path is long and we have a limited number of developers working on the project. So, contributions from the community are very welcome! I'm not a plugin developer. > Firebug is 99% JavaScript + HTML + CSS, so you don't have to be a "plugin" developer. Just a "web" developer. And I suppose you are one! :D > Chrome is the future of the web. > Chrome is just another web browser. The web is way more than a browser. Even so, when evaluating a web browser we must pay attention not only to speed and memory consumption, but also processing consumption, extension ecosystem, freedom to fully extend the browser, privacy, security, and lots of other stuff. What I'm trying to say is that no browser is the best one. It could be the best one *for a particular reason*, *for a particular set of users*. Chrome is a impressive browser, and a strong competitor to IE and Firefox, but in my humble opinion Firefox is still the best browser out there *for me*. regards, Pedro Simonetti. -- 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.
