On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 2:06:23 PM UTC+1, Álvaro G. Vicario wrote: > > El martes, 14 de marzo de 2017, 21:30:01 (UTC+1), Erik Krause escribió: >> >> Firebug.next is integrated in the Devtools, which are shipped with >> Firefox. > > > Thank you. I already found the "Firebug" theme in the settings tab (it may > sound silly but it makes transition easier). >
That's the idea. > I was already aware of the overall process of getting Firebug integrated > with builtin tools but it wasn't clear to me whether Firebug would still > exist as add-on so it could add additional features on top of native tools > (or let third-party Firebug plugins work). I have the impression that the > add-on is gone forever and whatever new stuff comes in, it'll will a > Firefox core feature. Am I right if I think that I only need to keep > Firebug installed to use plugins of unique features that already exist, and > even then they can stop working any time? > This is somewhat right. Though note that once multi-process Firefox <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Multiprocess_Firefox> (aka e10s) is enabled, Firebug and all its extensions stop working, because they don't work together with it. This is already reality for a big amount of people. Mozilla is automatically switching more and more people to multi-process Firefox. See https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/12/firebug-lives-on-in-firefox-devtools/ for some more info about this. E10s can be disabled manually <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40744448/why-got-firebug-removed-after-updating-firefox-to-version-50/40748127#40748127> for now to keep Firebug working, though it's not recommended, as e10s brings stability and performance advantages, and at some point this option will be removed. Furthermore, with Firefox 57 (released in November this year) it is planned that only WebExtensions will be supported as add-ons <https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/02/16/the-road-to-firefox-57-compatibility-milestones/>. That means that most current Firefox add-ons based on other technologies including Firebug will stop working. Many features of Firebug and its extensions are already available in the DevTools, though they are also still missing several important features. So, if you miss features Firebug had, you can keep Firebug for now, but expect it to break at some point. Sebastian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to firebug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to firebug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/firebug. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/firebug/27f63bd4-21b7-49c3-86b5-9539942871df%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
