Is not that simple. For security reasons, extensions are not allowed to run in pages loaded via "file:///" protocol:
http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Firebug_Lite_FAQ#It_doesn.27t_work_on_local_pages We recommend using a local web server, which the most secure and error proof solution. At the same time, I presume that the most common case for using "file:///" files is related to design things like tweaking CSS, and I also presume that not all designers use local web servers. We could add "file:///" to the mafinest.json, but there's a bug preventing us to execute scripts in it, which means we cannot load Firebug Lite: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=30756 Also, extensions that uses "file:///" in the mafinest.json need to be manually approved by Google in order to be in the Chrome Web Store. To avoid this problem, we could release it in our site in the beta channel (but first we need that bug to be fixed): http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/chrome/ Again, we recommend using a local web server. But if you don't want or cannot install one, you can also use the bookmarklet: http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite#Install Finally, I guess that one more source of confusion about this is that when you click at the Firebug Lite extension button, nothing happens. There is no message indicating that Firebug Lite could not be loaded. I'll add a message box informing what is happening. Pedro Simonetti. 2011/7/5 ak sh <[email protected]> > > 1) When I clicked on firebug button in google chrome, its window at > the bottom pop-ups. > 2) But when I clicked on the same button for local file on my desktop > or in some other folder, nothing happens. > Whats wrong with local file? > > P.S: Of-course I'm working with HTML files! > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
