If your a web designer / developer chances are you spend at least half of your browsing / testing time using Mozilla Firefox as your preferred internet browser. You are probably already aware of all the great add-ons and plug-ins that are available which can really save time. One of these extension applications that you may not be familiar with, however, is known as Firebug – but it has a lot of added functionality to offer.

We think Firebug is one of the most useful and important add-ons for firefox (along with the web developer plugin) you’ll have the ability to:

-Debug, edit, and monitor HTML and JavaScript, as well as a number of other web-based programming languages on any website.

-Keep track of your network activity, including load times for JavaScript functions and images. This allows you to locate any codes or files that may be slowing your website down.

-Recognize errors and fix them easily. You can even use the search box to filter out some error messages, so you don’t have to worry about the smaller mistakes. This goes not only for HTML and JavaScript errors, but for CSS, XML, and more.

-Execute JavaScript functionality live and in real-time thanks to the included command line aspect of Firebug. This allows you to test out different functions and effects without having to commit to a script or code until you know exactly what it does.

-Make easy work of CSS development. CSS stands for cascading style sheets, and they are used to define colors, fonts, and themes for your webpage while avoiding conflicts with the HTML content on your site. With Firebug you can keep track of any styles, preview colors and images and tweak them to better suit your needs.

The above are just a few of the many benefits to having the FireBug extension.

Download it today here, and dont forget to thank us!

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