Matt wrote: > I would like to have the ability to block Firebug for specific sites > and be on by default for all other websites. > > My problem now is that for most web applications that I work on, I > want Firebug to be enabled--mostly because of the error count in the > browser's status bar (or else a lot of time is wasted, not knowing a > page has JavaScript or CSS errors on it) but also because it is an > extremely powerful and useful extension. However, I also participate > in many public developer discussion mailing groups so I need to have > an email account where spam filtering is really good and that means I > need to use Gmail. Unfortunately, Gmail is non-functional/non- > responsive when Firebug is enabled. > > Currently, I have 2 competing choices: > 1. Have Firebug off by default and lose time by not being notified of > JS and CSS errors > 2. Have Firebug on by default and lose time when trying to check my > email waiting for Gmail to time out and then once it finally lets the > Firefox process respond to user interaction, temporarily disable > Firebug > > Even just a simple about:config preference to define a regex for URL > matching would be perfect for me. Please consider this. > > In the mean time, does anyone know of any extensions that can report > the JS/CSS error count in the status bar like Firebug does? If I had > an extension like this, then I would be perfectly okay with choice #1. > > Thank you, > Matt > > On Jul 7, 11:38 pm, Nick Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [Snip] >> >> >>>> I think the thing that is missing is the ability for Firebug to >>>> maintain it's state between tab switches - like becoming a background >>>> process. I am not sure if this is a bug or part of the new feature. >>>> >>> I don't know what you mean here. Firebug maintains meta-data for each >>> tab you've activated it on. But if you select a tab that is not >>> active, like GMail, then Firebug suspends. Background activity on the >>> other tabs is not tracked while suspended. Note that the Firefox tabs >>> are an illusion: there is only one process here and one set of debug >>> APIs. We cannot suspend GMail and not the other tabs (well actually I >>> think we could get close by filtering, but we don't do it yet). >>> >> I understand the idea of single processes. See below your steps >> (below) as I am not experiencing what you are describing. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> Either way perhaps you can help me by suggesting the settings I should >>>> use to enable Firebug permanently on certain tabs butdisableit >>>> permanently on other tabs, and I still want to be able to minimise >>>> Firebug (but it carries on running) for the tabs it is activated on - >>>> as far as I can see this is only possible with domain based >>>> activation? >>>> >>> I guess you are another victim of the [X] change. I'll spare you the >>> detail and go right to the suggestion: >>> >>> 1. Uncheck On for all and Off for all. >>> 2. On the sites you want to debug, open Firebug. That activates >>> Firebug for the site. >>> 3. Don't push [X]. That deactivates the site, you don't want it. >>> 4. To minimize, either use the [_] minimize function or hit the >>> Firebug Status bar icon. >>> 5. To unminimize, hit the Firebug Status bar icon. >>> >> I followed your steps exactly and I think I get it - it seems to be >> working as 1.3 now. I think the thing that was confusing me was the >> "Off for all Web Pages" & "On for all Web Pages" menu options. It >> seems it is really a three way switch: >> >> * On for all Web Pages >> * Off for all Web Pages >> * User Activated per Web Page >> >> (switching the first two off doesn't instinctively mean the third) >> Just having the two options in the menu caused confusion and so >> perhaps you should extend it to three mutually exclusive options. >> >> Also can you clarify what 'Web Page' means? Does it mean domain - as >> in two FF tabs both on the same domain will have Firebug switched on >> or does it mean on a FF tab by tab basis? >> Will Firebug remember my settings between FF restarts ie. Session >> Manager style? - It seems too but perhaps you can confirm. >> >> Cheers >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> >>> Note that minimize is a property of Firebug now, not of the site/tab. >>> F12 is bound to the same toggle by default. >>> >>> jjb >>> > > > > > sounds like maybe firebug should have a quiet or stealth mode, which it just sniffs for errors, but doesn't rerender the DOM or any of that fanciness. IE doesn't create a super resource load on the browser. FB typically makes evrtying run twice as slow.
Ive run in the same damn problem as you, arrrgh. My recomendation (dont take this the wrong way) use thunderbird to check your gmail. Yes i know what you are thinking, but for now it solves the problem. kara --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
