http://devlicio.us/blogs/christopher_bennage/archive/tags/dom/default.aspxTags: domenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://devlicio.us/blogs/christopher_bennage/archive/2007/03/06/get-firebug.aspxTue, 06 Mar 2007 22:23:00 GMT40756a8b-6212-4073-9d98-6c26781577de:14682Christopher Bennage6<p>If you are a Web developer, and you are not using Firebug, stop what you are doing and go <a href="http://www.getfirebug.com/">install it immediately</a>.</p><p>I first heard about Firebug on <a href="http://west-wind.com/WebLog/posts/10019.aspx">Rick Strahl's blog</a> a couple of months ago, but in the flurry of work I promptly forgot it.&nbsp; A couple of days ago a friend was listing the reasons that why Firefox pwns IE and Firebug was the first.<br></p><p>Firebug is an add-on for Firefox.&nbsp; It allows you to inspect the details of the currently loaded page.&nbsp; You can visually inspect the DOM, execute JavaScript snippets on the fly, and more.&nbsp; I'm thoroughly impressed.</p><p>My feature du jour is the way it displays the <a href="http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/">CSS box model</a> for the currently selected element.</p><p> <img src="http://bluespireconsulting.com/blogPostPics/firebug.jpg" title="Firebug Screenshot" alt="Firebug Screenshot" height="384" width="442"><br></p><p>I'm not going to repeat the list of features here, you can get that from the <a href="http://www.getfirebug.com/">Firebug page</a>.&nbsp; If you have not tried it, go check it out.<br></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://devlicio.us/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14682" width="1" height="1">webdomjavascriptcss