IE8 and Safari are playing catch up, so I guess the have to ship the debugger with their browser. Otherwise no one would use their debugger.
jjb On Mar 25, 6:03 pm, Ben Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me why Firebug isn't part of Firefox's core > installation? > > It does seem like an area that Firefox is genuinely falling behind. > IE8 has their debugger as (as far as I know) a non-optional part of > the browser now. Safari 4 beta has similar tools in their default > install (thought it's not out of beta yet). I believe Chrome has > similar tools as well in their default install. > > Yet Firefox relies on a third-party extension? > > I consider firebug to be a completely essential part of the firefox > experience, and in my opinion, making firefox so developer-friendly > has been a decent factor in its current popularity. > > Yet it ships without web debugging tools? > > It just seems funny to me. > > Maybe the move to version numbers that match firefox (http:// > blog.getfirebug.com/?p=109) is a start in this direction. > > - Ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
