Firebug introduced new user experience designs as well as new web standards that have been widely adopted by other browsers and tools. For instance, Firebug stands behind the Console API standard, which represents the way to log debugging information. We introduced HTTP Archive specification for page load performance analyses and alsoGraphical Web Page Breakpoints to make debugging easier and more effective.
Firebug is still powerful web development tool used by millions of users around the world
who love especially its simplicity and great user experience, but it’s also facing new challenges. The biggest is the fact that it doesn’t make much sense for Firebug (as Firefox add-on) to duplicate functionality built-in to Firefox.
The product has always been an extension and the natural direction is to build the next Firebug generation on top of existing developer tools in Firefox – and extend it. So, the next step is tight integration with the existing Firefox platform. This way Firebug also gets significant performance, stability and security advantages. Firebug will complement Firefox Developer Tools by adding new functionality – not by competing with them.
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