Firebug stopped working

[RobParker]

Not sure which the correct forum is for this but hoping someone can help.

I'm on macOS Sierra with Firefox 51.0.1

I have firebug installed (and have done for years). When I go to use it now though, it just opens up the Firefox dev tool (which is no where near as good).

Both Inspect Element and Inspect Element with Firebug give the same interface now. The Firebug one used to be far moreuseful.

 

[EQnoble]

I think the only simple way to use the original firebug is to revert to an older release of FF ( https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ ) and disable auto update.

I believe this is because FF enables multiprocess by default now and firebug does not support this.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Multiprocess_Firefox
https://blog.getfirebug.com/2016/06/07/unifying-firebug-firefox-devtools/

 

[RobParker]

Cheers, I started reading up on it and came to the same conclusion.

What do people generally use now? @Russ @Arty etc?

 

[EQnoble]

To be honest the new one isn't that much different and for the most part the only things I miss about firefox/firebug were some of the quirks it had which exposed certain things not exposed in the other dev tools.

Unless I actually need those quirks to debug something (which is getting rarer and rarer) the built in dev tools work just fine, just a matter of getting used to the visual and layout changes of the app IMO.

 

[Arty]

Firebug is no longer needed. Browser developer tools have surpassed it. It might take time to get used to different interface.