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30+ Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers & Designers
mashable.com — Firefox has cool add-ons which make the job of website designers and developers much easier. Here is our list of 30+ excellent Firefox add-ons that every web developer and designer should know about.
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- silence7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Nice, some of these I use daily, others I'd never heard of.
- matt0r, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3i would like to thank this site for making realize the web developer toolbar allows you to edit css and view the changes in realtime
i can't believe how long i've been using this thing and didn't think to try that - WiseWeasel, on 10/10/2007, -5/+30Add 'Adblock Plus' to the list, so web designers can see how their visitors will be displaying their page... : P
- rnawky, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0They want you to pay $10 for that source code chat one....
- MarvelingOne, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I'm slightly surprised there was no ySlow shown, its has some useful information, well kinda....
- EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Cool, 2 new goodies (screengrab and measureit) to add to my list. :D
- chrisbarr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24...or you could just install Firebug and Web Developer Toolbar which does all of that.
- Tippis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yup.
With the exception of IE Tab, and possibly Load Time Analyzer, the whole "CSS" and "Debugging and Analysis" and maybe half othe "Others" category, could be replaced by those two plugins.
Silly list :/- merreborn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think the most recent version of firebug makes Load Time Analyzer obsolete as well.
- allholy1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's with the yslow addon from yahoo right?
- merreborn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think the most recent version of firebug makes Load Time Analyzer obsolete as well.
- Tippis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yup.
- Jalh, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0world's best browser
- monkeyBox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7firebug is all I need. It can do what most other add-ons can, but all in one tool. I also like greasemonkey
- lameous, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0 top 10 firefox images here
http://www.rankthehot.com/_Top_10_Firefox_Images-fabric - Venti, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Total Validator is another good one. It's the only extension I know that will check spelling on your page. Good to use at a QA stage.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2318. The only issue is it done through server side validation. :(- koretico, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1dude, where does it deal with development?
- AgitatedPenguin, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1Does a good web developer really need any of this crap? My webdev tools: text editor, ftp client.
- peddada, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2its not a compeition ..... its about getting the job done
- kefs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2APenguin.. i used to be the same way.. but with ff.. extensions make life so much easier.. the ability to edit css/html in real-time alone makes this worth it. just try out the wed developer toolbar and you'll change your mind. :)
- silence7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3What web developer doesn't have his own website?
My Website: [none entered] - zongamin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you must be so proud.
- richardiscool, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I doubt you're a good web developer.
A good web developer wouldn't waste time like that, because a good web developer doesn't have time to waste.
- TBBucs, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1prt scr + (ctrl + v) = Screen Grab
- mconstan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You missed the best feature of the Screen Grab utility, the ability to grab an entire page. Try stitching together a long page with the prt scr method and you'll jump out a window.
- JoemcC00L, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2haha... 404 diggs
- dexterholland, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1here is also a good list with reviews: http://blog.sherifmansour.com/?p=34
- paradyme, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Most of these 'extensions' are already in the web development extension!
- pezholio, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Exactly! Why clog up Firefox with a million and one extensions when the Web Developer Toolbar does most of it?
- Meep3D, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The HTML Tidy validator plugin is one of the most useful things ever if you care about standards compliance! http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/ from the article. Wish I knew it existed ages ago.
- allholy1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I second HTML Tidy. It wasn't included in the list but is extremely helpful.
- starkraving, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1+1 for HTML Tidy... It makes my day when I see that little green checkbox smiling back at me...
- kingkool68, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I just made a tool that let's you dynamically spit out dummy images at whatever size you need. Handy when you need to find an image for prototyping sites -> http://dummyimage.com
- allholy1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The YSlow addon for firebug is also pretty useful. http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/.
From the website:
YSlow analyzes web pages and tells you why they're slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the popular Firebug web development tool. YSlow gives you:
* Performance report card
* HTTP/HTML summary
* List of components in the page
* Tools including JSLint - mickyg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Firebug takes care of most of these issues.. one of the most useful tools I use with Firefox. If it wasnt for firebug, I'd stop using Firefox (it eats a lot of memory!)
- swean, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1open source!
- thediggerdude2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Just bite the bullet and hire a pro website developer. http://www.beacontechnologies.com
- JDeppette, on 01/22/2008, -0/+0http://battlefestearth.imeem.com/
- jvazquez1, on 07/18/2008, -0/+0Firebug has to be (by far) one of the most helpful tools in Firefox's arsenal. We use it all the time in my company when using Firefox. Check us out: http://www.MagidComputers.com Everything from SEO and Web Design to Development. We do every type of website (Social Networking, Personal, and E/OS-Commerce)
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