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Title: firefox menus
Post by: Baz on Feb 09, 2012, 21:43:08
just noticed in Firefox when doing a right click there is a 'Inspect Element' option.


whats that about  :dunno:

not an expert but it seems to be another way to view the source code.......or something. All foreign to me  ;D ;D
Title: Re: firefox menus
Post by: psp83 on Feb 09, 2012, 22:19:42
FireFox 10 has new developer tools. Its kind of like a cut down version of firebug plugin.

Read more about it here : http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2012/01/31/firefox-adds-powerful-new-developer-tools/
Title: Re: firefox menus
Post by: .Griff. on Feb 09, 2012, 22:20:08
It's just a quick way of looking at/inspecting the source code for the selected element of a web page.

For example if you highlight the two smileys at the end of your post and then select inspect element it will highlight the source code for them.
Title: Re: firefox menus
Post by: zappaDPJ on Feb 10, 2012, 00:08:17
I don't really understand the thinking behind this. Firebug does the job perfectly well for the small minority of users that need it so why add bloat for the huge majority that don't?
Title: Re: firefox menus
Post by: kinmel on Feb 10, 2012, 09:17:18
You can switch off developer tools.

enter about:config into address bar, enter "devtools" into the search bar and toggle any true values to false
Title: Re: firefox menus
Post by: Steve on Feb 10, 2012, 09:58:51
Seems the default setting is wrong to me. :dunno: